The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
DENIS DIDEROTIt is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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The 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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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
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Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
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