Quote of Denis Diderot - Charity is a universal benevolence, and...
Biography - Denis Diderot:
French philosopher, art critic and writer.
Born: 1713 - Died: 1784
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1713 - Died: 1784
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
Charity is a universal benevolence, and benevolence an habit of love.
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes about love:
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Quotes for: habit
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
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