Famous quotes containing the word diderot:
“Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)