Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
DENIS DIDEROTWhatever dressing one gives to mushrooms, to whatever sauces our Apiciuses put them, they are not really good but to be sent back to the dungheap where they are born.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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There’s a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
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Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one’s innocence with the loss of one’s prejudices.
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Power 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.
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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms, to whatever sauces our Apiciuses put them, they are not really good but to be sent back to the dungheap where they are born.
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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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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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In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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I 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.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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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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