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Denis Diderot Quotes

«Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.»
Author: Denis Diderot | Keywords: elevate, passions
«There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.»
«Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest»
«If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.»
Author: Denis Diderot | About: Atheism
«We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.»
«There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.»
«The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers»
Author: Denis Diderot | Keywords: well-mannered
«The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.»
«Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.»
Author: Denis Diderot | Keywords: talks, watch out
«Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy»

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