Denis Diderot

Editor

1713-10-05

Books by Denis Diderot

Jacques le fataliste et son maître
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Le neveu de Rameau
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La religieuse
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Quotes by Denis Diderot

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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Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
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All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.
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One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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How had they met? By chance, like everybody else. What were there names? What's it to you? Where were they coming from? From the nearest place. Where were they going? Does anyone really know where they're going?
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Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
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How had they met? By chance, like everybody else. What were there names? What's it to you? Where were they coming from? From the nearest place. Where were they going? Does anyone really know where they're going?
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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
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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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One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.
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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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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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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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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.
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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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