Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
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Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
DENIS DIDEROTNo man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
DENIS DIDEROTFor me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
DENIS DIDEROTScepticism is the first step towards truth.
DENIS DIDEROTSuperstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
DENIS DIDEROTSkepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
DENIS DIDEROTIn general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
DENIS DIDEROTTwo qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
DENIS DIDEROTEvil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
DENIS DIDEROTThe best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
DENIS DIDEROTPower acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
DENIS DIDEROTMorals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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 DIDEROTThere is only one duty; that is to be happy.
DENIS DIDEROT