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Denis Diderot on Intelligence

1713–1784 France

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Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

Dictionary of Foreign Quotations (1980)

Gaiety — a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

Elements of Physiology (1875)

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Denis Diderot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.