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Truth Quotes by Denis Diderot
- What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
- Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
- We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
- Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
- I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
- We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
- Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
- As long as the centuries continue to unfold, the number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come when…
- A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone…
- Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop the truth that is bitter.
- Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.
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