The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
DENIS DIDEROTIt has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
DENIS DIDEROTSuperstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
DENIS DIDEROTIn order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
DENIS DIDEROTThe decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
DENIS DIDEROTAll children are essentially criminal.
DENIS DIDEROTThe infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
DENIS DIDEROTDisturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
DENIS DIDEROTWe swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
DENIS DIDEROTDoes not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?
DENIS DIDEROTJustice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
DENIS DIDEROTWhat a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
DENIS DIDEROTI feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
DENIS DIDEROTThe bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
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