Maxioms by Denis Diderot
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.
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.