Author: Denis Diderot

Quotes

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

- Denis Diderot

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

- Denis Diderot

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

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

- Denis Diderot

Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

- Denis Diderot

You have to make it happen.

You have to make it happen.

- Denis Diderot

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

- Denis Diderot

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

- Denis Diderot

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

- Denis Diderot

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

- Denis Diderot

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