Denis Diderot Quotes on Emotion

4 quotes

  1. It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.

  2. 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 enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.

  3. I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.

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  4. To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

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