Denis Diderot Top 10 Quotes
10 | Scepticism is the first step towards truth. |
9 | The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. |
8 | Wandering 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. |
7 | Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. |
6 | 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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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father. |
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings. |
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Man is born to think for himself. |
2 | One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it. |
1 | If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him. |