There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
DENIS DIDEROTAnd his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
DENIS DIDEROTAnyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
DENIS DIDEROTFor me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
DENIS DIDEROTIgnorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
DENIS DIDEROTIf 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 DIDEROTThere is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
DENIS DIDEROTNo man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
DENIS DIDEROTI can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
DENIS DIDEROTI discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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 DIDEROTThe possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
DENIS DIDEROTFirst of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
DENIS DIDEROTAre we not madder than those first inhabitants of the plain of Sennar? We know that the distance separating the earth from the sky is infinite, and yet we do not stop building our tower.
DENIS DIDEROTIn order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
DENIS DIDEROTOnly passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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