Denis Diderot

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#ephemeral #ever #motive #outlasts #particular

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#death #feet #freezes #got #hate

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#like #memory #nails #our #sentences

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#must #poetry #something #vast #wild

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#acquired #commands #force #him #lasts

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#first step #philosophy #road #skepticism #step

The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#best #lovers #make #most #people

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#counter #courts #decisions #form #law

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#first step #incredulity #philosophy #step #towards

There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#good #good father #heavenly #heavenly father #our