Le public ne sait pas toujours de sirer le vrai. Thepublicdoesnot alwaysknowhow todesirethetruth. Denis Diderot More Quotes by Denis Diderot More Quotes From Denis Diderot The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find. Denis Diderot humorousrunningfunny Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. Denis Diderot barbaricpoetry-ispoetry It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire. Denis Diderot saiddesirefacts We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates. Denis Diderot virtuevicesinspirational We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. Denis Diderot bitterflatterylying Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective. Denis Diderot perspectiveartisttwo A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence scepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone. Denis Diderot gonereligionfirsts What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order. Denis Diderot survivalmonstersorder 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, in painting, and in music. Denis Diderot farewellbirthdaygoodbye The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me. Denis Diderot literaturebloodjesus There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself. Denis Diderot madharmpsychological To describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust gathered from the wings of a butterfly. Denis Diderot womenbutterflydust Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. Denis Diderot dignityliteraturemen The philosopher forms his principles on an infinity of particular observations. He does not confuse truth with plausibility, he takes for truth what is true, for false what is false, for doubtful what is doubtful, and probable what is probable. The philosophical spirit is thus a spirit of observation and accuracy. Denis Diderot philosophicalobjectivityinfinity One must be oneself very little of a philosopher not to feel that the finest privilege of our reason consists in not believing in anything by the impulsion of a blind and mechanical instinct, and that it is to dishonour reason to put it in bonds as the Chaldeans did. Man is born to think for himself. Denis Diderot menbelievethinking For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes. Denis Diderot my-thoughts How old the world is! I walk between two eternities.... What is my fleeting existence in comparison with that decaying rock, that valley digging its channel ever deeper, that forest that is tottering and those great masses above my head about to fall? I see the marble of tombs crumbling into dust; and yet I don't want to die! Denis Diderot rocksdustfall The good of the people must be the great purpose of government. By the laws of nature and of reason, the governors are invested with power to that end. And the greatest good of the people is liberty. It is to the state what health is to the individual. Denis Diderot governmentlawpeople When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others. Denis Diderot acquireknowsheart There's a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness. Denis Diderot testiclessublimefeelings
