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Denis Diderot Quotes

Denis Diderot

French philosopher

Nationality: French
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Birth: 1713-1784
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I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
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Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
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The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whol
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The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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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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Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
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The 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.
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The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
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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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No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
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The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.
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Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successo
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Gaiety, a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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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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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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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.
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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Disturbances 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.
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When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
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