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Denis Diderot

Birthday: October 05, 1713
Deathday: July 31, 1784
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Type: Editor
National: French

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and...

All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations...

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives...

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up...

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those...

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine,...

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius...

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step....

Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes...

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying...

Good music is very close to primitive language....

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to...

His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had...

If there is one realm in which it is essential...

If you want me to believe in God, you must...

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not...

It is not human nature we should accuse but the...

It is said that desire is a product of the...

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley,...

Man will never be free until the last king is...

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and...

My ideas are my whores....

No man has received from nature the right to command...

One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of...

Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that...

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

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound,...

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the...

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away...

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon...

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast...

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts...

Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our...

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy....

The best doctor is the one you run to and...

The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers....

The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of...

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in...

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity....

The general interest of the masses might take the place...

The God of the Christians is a father who makes...

The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the...

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest...

The pit of a theatre is the one place where...

The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in...

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There...

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of...

There is no good father who would want to resemble...

There is no kind of harassment that a man may...

There is no moral precept that does not have something...

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness....

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height...

Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things...

We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our...

We are far more liable to catch the vices than...

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we...

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation...

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old...

You have to make it happen....