“Il ne faut point donner d'esprit a' ses personnages; mais savoir les placer dans des circonstances qui leur en donnent. You should not give wit to your characters, but know instead how to put them in situations which will make them witty.” KnowsGivingShouldCharacterSituationWittyWit Author:Denis Diderot
“One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it” ShouldMayDemand Author:Denis Diderot
“Those authors into whose hands nature has placed a magic wand, with which they no sooner touch us than we forget the unhappiness in life, than the darkness leaves our soul, and we are reconciled to existence, should be placed among the benefactors of the human race.” ShouldHumansSoulHandsForgetRaceExistenceDarknessMagicHuman RaceUnhappinessLife HappinessAuthorshipWandsBenefactorsMagic Wands Author:Denis Diderot
“To describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust gathered from the wings of a butterfly.” ShouldWomenColorPaperWingsDustPensButterflyRainbowColors Of The Rainbow Author:Denis Diderot
“My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.” WayShouldOrderMy FriendsBlowCandle Author:Denis Diderot
“Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: 'My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.' This stranger is a theologian.” WayShouldLightNightOrderMy FriendsBlowStrangerPositive AtheismGuidesForestsWanderCandleTheologianGuide Me Author:Denis Diderot
“It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.” ShouldHumansHuman NatureConventionsDespicable Book:Selected Writings Source: Selected Writings
“The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.” ShouldLongRunningFormLawLiteratureDecisionAuthorityEarsCourtLawyerLong RunsPrintedLaw Courts Author:Denis Diderot
