Author: Denis Diderot

Quotes

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

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

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

- 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

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

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