Quote by Denis Diderot
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manif

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a mans name live for thousands of years. – Denis Diderot

Other quotes by Denis Diderot

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs. – Denis Diderot

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Religion
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination. – Denis Diderot

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Knowledge
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The soul of the artist is oppressed by the atmosphere of the counting-house. – Franz von Dingelstedt, Die Amazone: Novelle, 1869, translated from German by J.M

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With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Times malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day! – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. – John Keats

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Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul — and you answer. – Terri Guillemets

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