Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.
DENIS DIDEROTThe wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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There’s a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
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Only the bad man is alone.
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The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
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Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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The wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.
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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
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Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.
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The world is the house of the strong.
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You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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