All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.
Denis DiderotA nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.
Denis DiderotTo 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.
Denis DiderotThe following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort.
Denis Diderot