Best Denis Diderot Quotes And Thoughts

 

 

Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, craftsmanship pundit, and author, best referred to for filling in as fellow benefactor, boss proofreader, and supporter of the Encyclopédie alongside Jean le Rond d’Alembert. He was a conspicuous figure during the Enlightenment.

 

Best Denis Diderot Quotes 

 

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. – Denis Diderot

Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths. – Denis Diderot

Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. – Denis Diderot

 

For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes. – Denis Diderot

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. – Denis Diderot

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. – Denis Diderot

 

Life is but a series of misunderstandings. – Denis Diderot

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them. – Denis Diderot

One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man’s suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his pleasures. – Denis Diderot

 

What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order. – Denis Diderot

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him. – Denis Diderot

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others – Denis Diderot

 

People stop thinking when they cease to read. – 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

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone’s feelings. – Denis Diderot

 

 

15th of 30 Quotes By Denis Diderot

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. – Denis Diderot

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. – Denis Diderot

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. – Denis Diderot

 

The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and … people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion. – Denis Diderot

Nothing is duller than a progression of common chords. One wants some contrast, which breaks up the clear white light and makes it iridescent. – Denis Diderot

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

 

It is better to reveal a weakness than allow oneself to be suspected of a vice. – Denis Diderot

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley; but not at all so to believe or not in God. – 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

 

Mind what you do; if you deceive me once I shall never believe you again. – Denis Diderot

One swallows the lie that flatters but sips the bitter truth drop by drop. – Denis Diderot

Scepticism is the first step towards truth. – Denis Diderot

 

No matter how much a man may study, reflect and meditate on all the books in the world, he is nothing more than a minor scribe unless he has read the great book. – Denis Diderot

The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac. – Denis Diderot

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

 

30th of 30 Best Denis Diderot Quotes

 

 

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