Logo
Quote by Denis Diderot
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to be

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. – Denis Diderot

Other quotes by Denis Diderot

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. – Denis Diderot

Category:
Truth
Author
Denis Diderot
Read Quote

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. – Denis Diderot

Category:
great
Author
Denis Diderot
Read Quote

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you cant deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. – Denis Diderot

Category:
respect
Author
Denis Diderot
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Religion
category

I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. Its a relief to accept that not everything is under your control. – Barbara Kingsolver

Category:
Religion

Religion theme aside, most of the time Im in some sort of comedy and Im a straight man and its really just, lets wind this guy up and see him explode. – Colin Hanks

Category:
Religion

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. – Albert Einstein

Category:
Religion

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth religion had become for me not so much a possession as an obsession, which I was trying to throw off, and this iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe was the result. – Laurence Housman

Category:
Religion

Random Quotes

I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion. – Rick Warren

Category:
Politics

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. – Napoleon Hill

Category:
strength

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized. – Oscar Wilde

Category:
Investment

The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer. – Charles Kettering

Category:
Imagination