Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions? — 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
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
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates. — Denis Diderot Copy Share
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few. — Denis Diderot Copy Share
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
“One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.” — Denis Diderot Copy Share
There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself. — Denis Diderot Copy Share
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
“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
Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good? — Denis Diderot Copy Share
A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very… — Denis Diderot Copy Share
