Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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 DIDEROTMy friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
DENIS DIDEROTPosterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
DENIS DIDEROTDistance is a great promoter of admiration.
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 DIDEROTA 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 DIDEROTWe are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
DENIS DIDEROTThe philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
DENIS DIDEROTWhat is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
DENIS DIDEROTThe man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
DENIS DIDEROTPoetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
DENIS DIDEROTTo describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust gathered from the wings of a butterfly.
DENIS DIDEROTIgnorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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