Quotes from Denis Diderot

Our truest opinions are not those we never change, but those to which we most often return.

To speak to you frankly, Reader, I find that you are the more wicked of the two of us. How satisfied would I be if it were as easy for me to protect myself from your calumny as it is for you to protect yourself from the boredom or the danger of my work!

Drogi panie, ?ycie upÅ'ywa na samych qui pro quo! SÄ… qui pro quo miÅ'oÅ›ci, qui pro quo przyja?ni, qui pro quo polityki, finansów, KoÅ›cioÅ'a, urzÄ™du, handlu, ?on, m??ów...

a ja nie lubi? k?amstwa, chyba ?e jest u?yteczne i nieodzowne.

Niczego równie trudno nie przebacza siÄ™ komuÅ›, co jego zalet.

Los lubi chodzi? krÄ™tymi drogami. Obwiniamy go w pierwszej chwili, ?e skÅ'amaÅ', z czasem zaÅ› okazuje siÄ™, ?e mówiÅ' prawdÄ™.

La superstition est plus injurieuse à Dieu que l'athéisme.

How many wisely conceived projects have failed and will fail in the future! How many insane projects have succeeded and will succeed!

Ludzie, którzy coÅ› powtarzajÄ… dwa razy, to gÅ'upcy majÄ…cy za gÅ'upców tych, którzy ich sÅ'uchajÄ…

Nie lubiÄ™ mówi? o ?yjÄ…cych; zawsze siÄ™ czÅ'owiek musi rumieni? za to, co o nich powie dobrego czy zÅ'ego: dobrego, które popsujÄ…, zÅ'ego, które naprawiÄ….

Omul nu va fi liber pân? când ultimul rege va fi spânzurat cu intestinele ultimului preot.

Mis ideas son mis rameras

Nikt bardziej nie lubi mówi? ni? jÄ…kaÅ'y, nikt bardziej nie lubi chodzi? ni? chromi.

Si en este mundo no se dice casi nada que sea escuchado como debiera, hay algo mucho peor, y es que no se hace casi nada que sea juzgado tal y como se ha hecho.

The first oath sworn by two creatures of flesh and blood was at the foot of a rock that was turning into dust. They called upon the heavens (which are never the same from one instant to the next) to witness their constancy. Although everything inside them and outside of them was changing, they believed their hearts to be immune to change. Oh children! You are still children…

qui siedo sempre come un maestoso cazzo fra duoi coglioni. [...I always sit here like a majestic prick between two balls.]

Un despote ne doit pas obtenir du crédit.

Are convents so essential to the constitution of a state? Did Jesus Christ institute monks and nuns? Can the Church really not do without them? What need has the bridegroom of so many foolish virgins, and what need has the human race of so many victims?

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

It was ordained that you would have the title to the thing and I would have the thing itself.

Yo os haría una pregunta, señor ¿por qué, entre todas ls ideas funestas que pasan por la cabeza de una religiosa desesperada, no está la de pegarle fuego a la casa?

And he added that prudence in no way assured us of success but consoled us and excused us in failure.

Il y a de la folie à courir le hasard de devenir fou par vanité.

Bizim kadar budala olmayanlar? ak?ll? saymay?z.