Denis DiderotThinkers

Admiration is greatly promoted by distance.

The Aphorism is like a sharp nail which forces truth upon our memory.

Barbarism is but one step from fanaticism.

The Child is always essentially criminal.

Distance is a great promoter of admiration.

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

Example is contageous. And we are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Fanaticism is but one step from barbarism.

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.