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Things Quotes by Denis Diderot
- When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by…
- Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art…
- Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
- There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
- Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
- Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
- All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.
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- Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
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