3 Denis Diderot Quotes on Humanity

Denis Diderot quotes on humanity

29. 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!

38. To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.

49. The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.