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DENIS DIDEROT QUOTES
Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
French philosopher and man of letters
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The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
DENIS DIDEROT, Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws
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.
DENIS DIDEROT, Elements of Physiology
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
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever oulasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
DENIS DIDEROT, "Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws"
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