No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
DENIS DIDEROTYou risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
DENIS DIDEROTGaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
DENIS DIDEROTThe man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
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.
DENIS DIDEROTWhen one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one’s books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.
DENIS DIDEROTAt an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets.
DENIS DIDEROTScepticism is the first step towards truth.
DENIS DIDEROTGood music is very close to primitive language.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
DENIS DIDEROTOh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
DENIS DIDEROTIf a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.
DENIS DIDEROTEvery man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
DENIS DIDEROTScepticism is the first step toward truth.
DENIS DIDEROTMy friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
DENIS DIDEROTThere’s a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
DENIS DIDEROT