Birth: March 17, 1754 Death: November 8, 1793
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant..
I have been reading Madame Roland's memoirs and have come to the conclusion that she was a very over-rated woman; snobbish, vain, sentimental, enviou….
The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep..
People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry..
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it..
It is impossible to rise to freedom, from the midst of corruptions, without strong convulsions. They are the salutary crises of a serious disease. We….
A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies..
Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!.
The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne.
Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources..
Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment..
I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms..
It would have cost me more trouble to escape from injustice, than it does to submit to it..
If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her..
It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth..