Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
DENIS DIDEROT, Discours sur la poésie dramatique
The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
DENIS DIDEROT, Elements of Physiology