People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.

More Quotes by Denis Diderot

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

You have to make it happen.