"When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music."

Age, Music, Poetry, Excellence

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"When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music."

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"It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again."

William James, American Philosopher

Age, Character, Will, World

"If youth knew; if age could."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Age, Youth

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Age, Absurdity, May

"Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Age, Forget, Invention

"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Age, Work, Genius, Cleanliness

"The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Age, Abundance, Harvest, Old

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

Willa Cather, American Author

Age, Writer

"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Time, Old

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Age, Months

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Age, Belief, Disguise

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"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm."

Death

"It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire."

Desire

"Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control."

People

"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."

Change

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

Man

"Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man."

Faith

"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."

God

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"It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again."

"If youth knew; if age could."

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

"Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin."

"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."

"The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured."

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

Explore more quotes by Denis Diderot

"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm."

"It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire."

"Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control."

"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

"Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man."

"If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him."

"All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs."

"The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers."

"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."