Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

Quote by Denis Diderot

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.

The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

My ideas are my whores.

My ideas are my whores.

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest...

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest...

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you...

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you...

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation...

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation...

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's...

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's...

The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and...

The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and...

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more...

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more...

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those...

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those...

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except...

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...