Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream Quotes

“One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream

“The best order of things, as I see it, is the one that includes me; to hell with the most perfect of worlds, if I'm not part of it.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream

“Nothing is duller than a progression of common chords. One wants some contrast, which breaks up the clear white light and makes it iridescent.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream

“Mind what you do; if you deceive me once I shall never believe you again.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream

“The best order of things, to my way of thinking, is the one I was meant to be part of, and to hell with the most perfect of worlds if I am not of it.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream

“If it became customary to go out into the street stark naked I should not be the first nor the last to conform.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream

“Now look, my friend, if you come to think it out you will find that in all things our real opinion is not the one from which we have never wavered, but the one to which we have most regularly returned.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream

“But how do you know that the whole world hasn't its meninges, or that there isn't a big or little spider living in some corner of space with threads extending everywhere?”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream

“Расплата в этом мире наступает всегда. Есть два генеральных прокурора: один - тот, кто стоит у ваших дверей и наказывает за проступки против общества, другой - сама природа. Ей известны все пороки, ускользающие от законов.”
― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream