All Denis Diderot Quotes
- If the weather is too cold or rainy, I take shelter in the Regence Cafe, where I entertain myself by watching chess being played. Paris… Cafe
- We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. Bitter
- The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in… Box
- What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it. Comedy
- If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful. Beautiful
- The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation… Animal
- Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms, to whatever sauces our Apiciuses put them, they are not really good but to be sent back to the… Born
- Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art… Art
- If your little savage were left to himself and be allowed to retain all his ignorance, he would in time join the infant's reasoning to… All
- Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful. Always Working
- Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does… Banned
- First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes. Art
- In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education. Children
- Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging. Begging
- Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good? Better
- Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones. Anyone
- Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty. Ahead
- Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does. Destroy
- If there are one hundred thousand damned souls for one saved soul, the devil has always the advantage without having given up his son to… Advantage
- There are cats and cats. Cat
- If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false. Admiration
- Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice. From
- First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can. Afterwards
- I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it. Expected
- Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. Atheism