Author: Denis Diderot

Quotes

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

- Denis Diderot

You have to make it happen.

You have to make it happen.

- Denis Diderot

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

- 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

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

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

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

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

- Denis Diderot

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