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

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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. – Denis Diderot

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The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population. – Denis Diderot

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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. – Denis Diderot

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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. – Clarence Darrow

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True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion. – Henry Cabot Lodge

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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion. – Thomas More

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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion. – John Burroughs

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