Дени Дидро: Цитаты на английском языке (страница 3)
Дени Дидро было французский писатель, философ-просветитель и драматург. Цитаты на английском языке.“I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don’t remember ever having seen one weep.”
"Paradox on Acting" (1830), as quoted in Selected Writings (1966) edited by Lester G. Crocker
"On Women" (1772), as translated in Selected Writings (1966) edited by Lester G. Crocker
Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)
Article on Encyclopedia
L'Encyclopédie (1751-1766)
“The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.”
Conversations with a Christian Lady (1774)
Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)
No. 50
On the Interpretation of Nature (1753)
“There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.”
"Will, Freedom”
Elements of Physiology (1875)
“We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.”
As quoted in Thesaurus of Epigrams: A New Classified Collection of Witty Remarks, Bon Mots and Toasts (1942) by Edmund Fuller
“The best doctor is the one you run for and can't find.”
As quoted in Selected Thoughts from the French: XV Century - XX Century, with English Translations (1913) by James Raymond Solly, p. 67
“To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.”
As quoted in The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations (1963) by Norbert Gutermam
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
No. 51
On the Interpretation of Nature (1753)
“Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.”
As quoted in Dictionary of Foreign Quotations (1980) by Mary Collison, Robert L. Collison, p. 98