Le Neveu de Rameau Quotes

“For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.”
― Denis Diderot, Le Neveu de Rameau

“Bizim kadar budala olmayanları akıllı saymayız.”
― Denis Diderot, Le Neveu de Rameau

“آدمی شربت دروغی را که در تملق او باشد یک جرعه می‌نوشد و حرف حق را که برایش تلخ است، قطره‌قطره. در ثانی، ما چاپلوسان قیافه‌مان حق به جانب و صادق است.”
― Denis Diderot, Le Neveu de Rameau

“To rot under marble or to rot under earth is still to rot.”
― Denis Diderot, Le Neveu de Rameau

“You spit on a petty thief, but you can't withhold a sort of respect from a great criminal. His courage bowls you over.
His brutality makes you shudder. What you value in everything is consistency of character.”
― Denis Diderot, Le Neveu de Rameau

“If one of them appears in company, he's a grain of yeast which ferments and gives back to everyone some part of his natural individuality. He shakes things up. He agitates us.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew

“...qui siedo sempre come un maestoso cazzo fra duoi coglioni. [...I always sit here like a majestic prick between two balls.]”
― Denis Diderot, Le Neveu de Rameau

“rien de plus nuisible que la vérité.”
― Denis Diderot, Le Neveu de Rameau

“But nonetheless there is one person who is exempt from dancing the mime. And that’s the philosopher who has nothing and asks for nothing.”
― Denis Diderot, Denis Diderot. Le Neveu de Rameau : . Chronologie et préface par Antoine Adam

“I don't think much of these eccentrics. Some people turn them into familiar acquaintances, even friends. Once a year they interest me, when I meet them, because their character stands in contrast to others and they break that fastidious uniformity which our education, our social conventions, and our habitual proprieties have introduced.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew

“Tout a son vrai loyer dans ce monde. Il y a deux procureurs généraux, l'un à votre porte qui châtie les délits contre la société; la nature est l'autre. Celle-ci connaît de tous les vices qui échappent aux lois.”
― Denis Diderot, Le Neveu de Rameau