Denis Diderot Quotes & Sayings

57 most famous Denis Diderot quotes and sayings (editor). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.”

“Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.”

“You have to make it happen.”

“There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.”

“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”

“Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.”

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

“The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.”

“There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.”

“We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.”