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Joseph De Maistre Quotes

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance Picture Quote #1

To know how to wait is the great secret of success Picture Quote #1

Women have a genius for love; men can only learn the art indifferently Picture Quote #1

The great fault in women is to desire to be like men Picture Quote #1

To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success Picture Quote #1

Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song Picture Quote #1

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The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man Picture Quote #1

Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a directly proportional degradation in language Picture Quote #1

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists Picture Quote #1

There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections Picture Quote #1

Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free Picture Quote #1

If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil Picture Quote #1

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A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none Picture Quote #1

Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known Picture Quote #1

There are no easy methods of learning difficult things; the method is to close your door, give out that you are not at home, and work Picture Quote #1

The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance Picture Quote #1

The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes a song, noise acquires rhythm, the spring is transformed into a dance, force becomes dynamic, and outlines figures Picture Quote #1

All grandeur, all power, and all subordination to authority rests on the executioner: he is the horror and the bond of human association. Remove this incomprehensible agent from the world and at that very moment order gives way to chaos, thrones topple and society disappears Picture Quote #1

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Genius does not seem to derive any great support from syllogisms. Its carriage is free; its manner has a touch of inspiration. We see it come, but we never see it walk Picture Quote #1

In the whole vast dome of living nature there reigns an open violence, a kind of prescriptive fury which arms all the creatures to their common doom: as soon as you leave the inanimate kingdom you find the decree of violent death inscribed on the very frontiers of life Picture Quote #1

War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which are as much general as particular. War is divine in the mysterious glory that surrounds it and in the no less inexplicable attraction that draws us to it. War is divine by the manner in which it breaks out Picture Quote #1

It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them Picture Quote #1

The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil, the death of death Picture Quote #1

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible Picture Quote #1

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There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work Picture Quote #1

Man’s destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing Picture Quote #1

We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place Picture Quote #1

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure Picture Quote #1

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it’s enough to make one’s flesh creep Picture Quote #1

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We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) To know how to wait is the great secret of success (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Women have a genius for love; men can only learn the art indifferently (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) The great fault in women is to desire to be like men (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a directly proportional degradation in language (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) There are no easy methods of learning difficult things; the method is to close your door, give out that you are not at home, and work (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes a song, noise acquires rhythm, the spring is transformed into a dance, force becomes dynamic, and outlines figures (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) All grandeur, all power, and all subordination to authority rests on the executioner: he is the horror and the bond of human association. Remove this incomprehensible agent from the world and at that very moment order gives way to chaos, thrones topple and society disappears (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Genius does not seem to derive any great support from syllogisms. Its carriage is free; its manner has a touch of inspiration. We see it come, but we never see it walk (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) In the whole vast dome of living nature there reigns an open violence, a kind of prescriptive fury which arms all the creatures to their common doom: as soon as you leave the inanimate kingdom you find the decree of violent death inscribed on the very frontiers of life (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which are as much general as particular. War is divine in the mysterious glory that surrounds it and in the no less inexplicable attraction that draws us to it. War is divine by the manner in which it breaks out (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil, the death of death (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Man’s destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man (Joseph De Maistre Quotes) I don’t know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it’s enough to make one’s flesh creep (Joseph De Maistre Quotes)

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