You have to make it happen.
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Denis Diderot was an 18th-century French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He is best known for being the editor-in-chief and a major contributor to the "Encyclopédie," a comprehensive and groundbreaking encyclopedia that aimed to compile and disseminate knowledge on a wide range of topics. Diderot's work in the Enlightenment period made significant contributions to philosophy, literature, and the advancement of human knowledge.
1713–1784·lived 70 years
You have to make it happen.
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.
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.Rameau's Nephew: A Translation from Diderot's Autographic Text
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.On the Interpretation of Nature, 1753
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.A Libertarianism.org Guide
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.Rameau's Nephew, 1762
That’s all 7 quotes by Denis Diderot.