1713-1784, French Philosopher
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 – [Senses]
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Denis Diderot – [Truth]
We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
Denis Diderot – [Flattery]
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
Denis Diderot – [Superstition]
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