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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Written by Denis Diderot
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Written by Denis Diderot
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
Written by Denis Diderot
There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
Written by Denis Diderot
You have to make it happen.
Written by Denis Diderot
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.
Written by Denis Diderot
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
Written by Denis Diderot
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
Written by Denis Diderot
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.
Written by Denis Diderot
To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!
Written by Denis Diderot
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
Written by Denis Diderot
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
Written by Denis Diderot
Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
Written by Denis Diderot
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
Written by Denis Diderot
The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
Written by Denis Diderot
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
Written by Denis Diderot
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
Written by Denis Diderot
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
Written by Denis Diderot
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
Written by Denis Diderot
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.
Written by Denis Diderot
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
Written by Denis Diderot
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
Written by Denis Diderot
People 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.
Written by Denis Diderot
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.
Written by Denis Diderot
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
Written by Denis Diderot
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
Written by Denis Diderot
Good music is very close to primitive language.
Written by Denis Diderot
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
Written by Denis Diderot
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
Written by Denis Diderot
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
Written by Denis Diderot

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