Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
DENIS DIDEROTWhat is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
DENIS DIDEROTThere’s a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
DENIS DIDEROTI discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
DENIS DIDEROTPeople 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 DIDEROTThere is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
DENIS DIDEROTThe blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
DENIS DIDEROTJacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
DENIS DIDEROTFirst of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
DENIS DIDEROTWhat a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
DENIS DIDEROTAnd his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
DENIS DIDEROTMy ideas are my whores.
DENIS DIDEROTGive, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
DENIS DIDEROTThe enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
DENIS DIDEROTThe general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
DENIS DIDEROTThe best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
DENIS DIDEROTA 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 DIDEROTInstinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
DENIS DIDEROTOne may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
DENIS DIDEROTTo prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is only one duty; that is to be happy.
DENIS DIDEROTIn any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.
DENIS DIDEROTThe best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
DENIS DIDEROTShakespeare’s fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.
DENIS DIDEROTIt is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
DENIS DIDEROT