The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Anand Thakur
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
DENIS DIDEROTPithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is only one duty; that is to be happy.
DENIS DIDEROTIf you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
DENIS DIDEROTDisturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
DENIS DIDEROTPeople praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you’ve got to keep your feet warm.
DENIS DIDEROTWandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: ‘My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.’ This stranger is a theologian.
DENIS DIDEROTWe are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
DENIS DIDEROTMy ideas are my whores.
DENIS DIDEROTThere are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
DENIS DIDEROTOne composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
DENIS DIDEROTIn order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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 DIDEROTThere is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
DENIS DIDEROTThe philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
DENIS DIDEROTInstinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
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