"Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things."
― Denis Diderot
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― Denis Diderot
More From Denis Diderot
- "If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal."
- "Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad."
- "Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs."
More In Great
- "The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live."― Aristotle
- "Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself."― Niccolo Machiavelli
- "They say geniuses mostly have great mothers. They mostly have sad fates."― David Herbert Lawrence