A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it. Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it. Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
DENIS DIDEROT
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
DENIS DIDEROT
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
DENIS DIDEROT
He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
DENIS DIDEROT
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
DENIS DIDEROT
Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.
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Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?
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Only the bad man is alone.
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Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one’s fatherland, which is perishable?
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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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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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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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