More from Denis Diderot

  1. The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: the…
  2. It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
  3. Impenetrable in their dissimulation, cruel in their vengeance, tenacious in their purposes, unscrupulous as to their methods, animated by p…
  4. Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will…
  5. There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
  6. Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your cont…
  7. Il y a un peu de testicule au fond de nos sentiments les plus sublimes et de notre tendresse la plus epuree
  8. The wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy e…

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