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Biography - Denis Diderot:

French philosopher, art critic and writer.
Born: 1713 - Died: 1784
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
France

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
L'homme le plus heureux est celui qui fait le bonheur d'un plus grand nombre d'autres.

German
Der glücklichste Mensch ist derjenige, der die mehresten glücklich macht.




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One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

To make another happy, is to deserve to be happy one's self.

It is very true that we ought to think of the happiness of others; but it is not often enough said that the best thing we can do for those who love us is to be happy ourselves.

My happiness is to increase other people's. To be happy myself I need the happiness of all.




Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.





Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.











Quotes

Denis Diderot also said...


No man has received from nature the right to command others. Liberty is a gift from heaven.





Only the passions, the great passions, can lift the soul to the greatest things.





There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.





Let us hasten to make philosophy popular.





We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.





Charity is a universal benevolence, and benevolence an habit of love.












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