[ denis diderot Quotes ]
16 Quotations
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All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
[ Symbols ]
Denis Diderot
22 votes
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
[ Admiration ]
Denis Diderot
24 votes
Gaiety --a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
[ Happiness ]
Denis Diderot
25 votes
His hands would plait the priests guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.
[ Uncategorised ]
Denis Diderot
24 votes
I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
[ Acting and Actors ]
Denis Diderot
19 votes
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
[ Human Nature ]
Denis Diderot
24 votes
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
[ Leaders and Leadership ]
Denis Diderot
23 votes
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
[ Passion ]
Denis Diderot
24 votes
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
[ Maxim ]
Denis Diderot
23 votes
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
[ Poetry and Poets ]
Denis Diderot
24 votes
Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.
[ Justice ]
Denis Diderot
23 votes
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
[ Doctors ]
Denis Diderot
23 votes
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
[ Jesus Christ ]
Denis Diderot
24 votes
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
[ Theater ]
Denis Diderot
24 votes
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