One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious.
François-René de Chateaubriand
Tag: Quote of the Day
06MAR2021 – Quote of the Day
Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.
François-René de Chateaubriand
05MAR2021 – Quote of the Day
Washington and Bonaparte emerged from the womb of democracy: both of them born to liberty, the former remained faithful to her, the latter betrayed her.
François-René de Chateaubriand
04MAR2021 – Quote of the Day
As soon as a true thought has entered our mind, it gives a light which makes us see a crowd of other objects which we have never perceived before.
François-René de Chateaubriand
03MAR2021 – Quote of the Day
One does not learn how to die by killing others.
François-René de Chateaubriand
02MAR2021 – Quote of the Day
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian. to men French and to my horse German.
Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain and New Spain)
01MAR2021 – Quote of the Day
WILLIAM ROPER: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
SIR THOMAS MORE: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
ROPER: I’d cut down every law in England to do that!
MORE: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned ’round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man’s laws, not God’s! And if you cut them down, and you’re just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake!
Robert Bolt (in his play “A Man for All Seasons”)
28FEB2021 – Quote of the Day
I say patience, and shuffle the cards.
Miguel de Cervantes
27FEB2021 – Quote of the Day
The best sauce in the world is hunger.
Miguel de Cervantes
26FEB2021 – Quote of the Day
The true Church of England, at this moment, lies in the Editors of its Newspapers. These preach to the people daily, weekly; admonishing kings themselves; advising peace or war, with an authority which only the first Reformers, and a long-past class of Popes, were possessed of; inflicting moral censure; imparting moral encouragement, consolation, edification; in all ways diligently “administering the Discipline of the Church.”
Thomas Carlyle