The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I picture the vast realm of the sciences as an immense landscape scattered with patches of dark and light. The goal towards… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
But if you will recall the history of our civil troubles, you will see half the nation bathe itself, out of piety, in the… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.” — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“Nie wiem, co to zasady, chyba że tak nazywamy prawidła, które przypisuje się innym, a nie sobie. Myślę tak, a nie umiałbym się powstrzymać… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
