Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.

DENIS DIDEROT

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Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.

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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
DENIS DIDEROT
A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.
DENIS DIDEROT
If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.

DENIS DIDEROT

If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
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Color
First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.

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First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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Delight Move
To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.

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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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Anand Thakur
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

DENIS DIDEROT

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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Wicked
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.

DENIS DIDEROT

What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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Impartial
In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.

DENIS DIDEROT

In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.
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Anand Thakur
The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.

DENIS DIDEROT

The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
DENIS DIDEROT
One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.

DENIS DIDEROT

One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
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Oneself
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.

DENIS DIDEROT

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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Order Shake Willing
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

DENIS DIDEROT

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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Production Willing
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

DENIS DIDEROT

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.

DENIS DIDEROT

Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
DENIS DIDEROT
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

DENIS DIDEROT

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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Performance Superstitious
When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.

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When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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