Best Denis Diderot Quotations
- The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children. Apples
- Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off. Burden
- His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings. Guts
- Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things. Bad
- Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. Aroused
- Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. Barbaric
- Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those… Acquired
- The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me. Blood
- The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. Action
- The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. Alike
- Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices. Bad
- Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. Always Presupposes
- In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. Far
- Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. Command
- Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. African
- People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep… Death
- Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. Force
- The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers. Absurd
- The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law. Authority
- There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. Doe
- We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates. Associates
- When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry,… Age
- If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you… Criminal
- We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently… All
- 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 his… All
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