Denis Diderot Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• You have to make it happen.

  Denis Diderot

  Literature, Happens, Make It Happen

• It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.

  Denis Diderot

  God, Religious, Mistake

  "Against the Faith". Book by Jim Herrick, 1985.

• 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

  Men, Literature, Dignity

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

• Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

  Denis Diderot

  Design, Religion, Use

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

• Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

  Denis Diderot

  Men, Age, Genius

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

• The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.

  Denis Diderot

  Jesus, Blood, Literature

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

• The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

  Denis Diderot

  Running, Law, Long

  "Selected Writings". Book by Lester G. Crocker, 1966.

• 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

  Creativity, Mean, Reflection

  John Hope Mason, Denis Diderot (1982). “The irresistible Diderot”

• There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.

  Denis Diderot

  Men, Literature, May

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

• Scepticism is the first step toward truth.

  Denis Diderot

  Philosophy, Science, Steps

  "The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations". Book by Norbert Gutermam, 1963.

• 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

  Hurt, Men, Self

• When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.

  Denis Diderot

  Art, Philosophy, Men

• There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

  Denis Diderot

  Inspirational, Literature, Doe

  "Dictionary of Foreign Quotations" by Mary Collison, p. 235, 1980.

• Good music is very close to primitive language.

  Denis Diderot

  Literature, Language, Music Is

  "Elements of Physiology". Book by Denis Diderot, 1875.

• The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.

  Denis Diderot

  Christian, Children, Father

  "Pensées Philosophiques". Book by Denis Diderot, 1746.

• 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 who obey.

  Denis Diderot

  Power, Long, Denial

  "L'Encyclopédie". Book by Denis Diderot, 1751-1766.

• The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.

  Denis Diderot

  Running, Eye, Men

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

• We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man's afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures.

  Denis Diderot

  Passion, Men, Suffering

  "Diderot". Book by Otis Fellow, 1977.

• The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

  Denis Diderot

  Divorce, Population, Literature

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

• Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

  Denis Diderot

  Justice, Literature, Firsts

  "The Golden Treasury of Thought: A Gathering of Quotations from the Best Ancient and Modern Authors". Book by Theodore Taylor, p. 227, 1873.

• Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

  Denis Diderot

  Country, Europe, Government

  "Selected Writings". Book by Lester G. Crocker, 1966.

• 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

  Death, Running, Hate

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

• If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

  Denis Diderot

  Believe, Atheism, Literature

  Denis Diderot, David J. Adams (2000). “Thoughts on the interpretation of nature: and other philosophical works”, Clinamen Press Ltd.

• Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

  Denis Diderot

  Memories, Literature, Nails

  "A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations". Book by Tryon Edwards, 1908.

• Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

  Denis Diderot

  Happiness, Men, Quality

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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