A moral character is attached to autumnal scenes; the leaves falling like our years, the flowers fading like our hours, the clouds fleeting like our illusions, the light diminishing like our intelligence, the sun growing colder like our affections, the rivers becoming frozen like our lives--all bear secret relations to our destinies.
I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference with which she… - François-René De Chateaubriand
I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference with which she…
- François-René De Chateaubriand
Atheism can benefit no class of people; neither the unfortunate, whom it bereaves of hope, nor the prosperous, whose joys it renders insipid, nor the… - François-René De Chateaubriand
Atheism can benefit no class of people; neither the unfortunate, whom it bereaves of hope, nor the prosperous, whose joys it renders insipid, nor the…
Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them. - François-René De Chateaubriand
Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.
Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse. - François-René De Chateaubriand
Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse.
The heart feels, the head compares. - François-René De Chateaubriand
The heart feels, the head compares.
What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes b… - François-René De Chateaubriand
What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes b…
There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious. - François-René De Chateaubriand
There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.
The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of t… - François-René De Chateaubriand
The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of t…
Every man carries within himself a world made up of all that he has seen and loved; and it is to this world that he returns, incessantly, though he m… - François-René De Chateaubriand
Every man carries within himself a world made up of all that he has seen and loved; and it is to this world that he returns, incessantly, though he m…
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