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Denis Diderot Quotes

Denis Diderot quotes

French Editor, Writer October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784

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To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! Denis Diderot
You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, so all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last. You have all the fears of mortals and all the desires of immortal? What foolish forgetfulness of mortality to defer wise resolutions to the fiftieth or sixtieth year, and to intend to... Denis Diderot
I am wholly yours - you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours. Denis Diderot
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 your feet warm. Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot quote: "Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts..."
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot quote: "There is only one passion, the passion for happiness."
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness. Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot quote: "Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others"
Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others Denis Diderot
As long as the centuries continue to unfold, the number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come when it will be almost as difficult to learn anything from books as from the direct study of the whole universe. It will be almost as convenient to search for some bit of truth concealed in nature as it will be to find it hidden away in an immense multitude of bound volumes. Denis Diderot
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot quote: "A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good..."
A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced. Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot quote: "The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find."
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find. Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot quote: "There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times..."
There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint. Denis Diderot
The best order of things, as I see it, is the one that includes me; to hell with the most perfect of worlds, if I'm not part of it. Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot quote: "The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers."
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers. Denis Diderot
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common. Denis Diderot

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