We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves. Denis Diderot Feelings Memories
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire. Denis Diderot
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. Denis Diderot
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. Denis Diderot