Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master
Denis Diderot was an 18th century French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He is best known for his work "Jacques the Fatalist and his Master," a novel that explores the philosophical themes of free will and determinism through the relationship between a servant and his master. The novel was published in 1796, after Diderot's death, and became one of his most famous works.