It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. – Denis Diderot
We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves. – Denis Diderot
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common. – Denis Diderot
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. – Denis Diderot