{"author":"Denis Diderot","author_id":"Denis+Diderot","total_quotes":40,"quotes":[{"text":"Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure  in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["instincts"],"id":4943,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["wild","something","must "],"id":16653,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"How had they met? By chance, like everybody else. What were there names? What's it to you? Where were they coming from? From the nearest place. Where were they going? Does anyone really know where they're going?","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["existence","humor","life","philosophy","question"],"id":18966,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["soul","elevate","great things "],"id":28019,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... Observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["knowledge","reflection","three "],"id":33729,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"Isn't it better to have men be ungrateful  than to miss a chance to do good?","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["helping","people"],"id":42058,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["art","man","personality "],"id":45343,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["lies","truth"],"id":50722,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"Scepticism is the first step towards truth.","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["scepticism","skepticism","truth"],"id":65899,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"},{"text":"Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.","author":"Denis Diderot","tags":["society","motive","particular "],"id":66719,"author_id":"Denis+Diderot"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":40,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}