Denis Diderot Quotes
Most popular Denis Diderot Quotes
![Staircase wit. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/02/42102A-staircase-wit-denis-diderot.png)
Staircase wit.
![My ideas are my trollops. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/75/33175A-my-ideas-are-my-trollops-denis-diderot.png)
My ideas are my trollops.
![From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/06/30906A-from-fanaticism-to-barbarism-is-only-one-step-denis-diderot.png)
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
![Gratitude is a burden, and all burdens are made to be cast off. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/66/32166A-gratitude-is-a-burden-and-all-burdens-are-made-be-denis-diderot.png)
Gratitude is a burden, and all burdens are made to be cast off.
![Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/77/37477A-poetry-must-have-something-in-it-that-is-barbaric-vast-denis-diderot.png)
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
![Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/86/6486A-only-passions-great-passions-can-elevate-soul-great-things-denis-diderot.png)
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
![Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/73/26173A-pithy-sentences-are-like-sharp-nails-which-force-truth-upon-denis-diderot.png)
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
![What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/76/20876A-what-a-fine-comedy-this-world-would-be-if-one-denis-diderot.png)
What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
![When we know how to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the hearts of others. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/84/16184A-when-we-know-how-to-read-our-own-hearts-we-denis-diderot.png)
When we know how to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the hearts of others.
![It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/32/35132A-it-has-been-said-that-love-robs-those-who-have-denis-diderot.png)
It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
![We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/52/31152A-we-swallow-greedily-any-lie-that-flatters-us-but-we-denis-diderot.png)
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
![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 quote.](/img/q/66/52866A-it-is-very-important-not-to-mistake-hemlock-parsley-but-denis-diderot.png)
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
![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 quote.](/img/q/13/29513A-every-man-has-his-dignity-im-willing-forget-mine-but-denis-diderot.png)
Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
![What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step toward truth. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/65/39865A-what-has-not-been-examined-impartially-has-not-been-well-denis-diderot.png)
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step toward truth.
![Anyone who takes it on himself, on his own authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/28/21428A-anyone-who-takes-it-on-himself-his-own-authority-break-denis-diderot.png)
Anyone who takes it on himself, on his own authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
![Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/10/23510A-anyone-who-takes-it-upon-himself-his-private-authority-break-denis-diderot.png)
Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
![Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/75/52875A-mankind-have-banned-the-divinity-from-their-presence-they-have-denis-diderot.png)
Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.
![I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/99/5299A-i-like-better-for-one-to-say-some-foolish-thing-denis-diderot.png)
I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.
![Lost in an immense forest at night, I have only a little light to show me the way. Along comes a stranger who says to me: "Friend blow out your candle, the better to find your way." This stranger is a theologian. - Denis Diderot quote.](/img/q/99/40899A-lost-in-an-immense-forest-at-night-i-have-only-denis-diderot.png)
Lost in an immense forest at night, I have only a little light to show me the way. Along comes a stranger who says to me: "Friend blow out your candle, the better to find your way." This stranger is a theologian.