TagDenis Diderot

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

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

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

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 – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

Luck is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

Skepticism is the first step towards truth.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master