Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other.
The people who, in order to enjoy the liberty which suites them, resort to the representative system, must exercise an active and constant surveillan… - Benjamin Constant
The people who, in order to enjoy the liberty which suites them, resort to the representative system, must exercise an active and constant surveillan…
- Benjamin Constant
There are things one does not say for a long time, but, once they are said, one never stops repeating them. - Benjamin Constant
There are things one does not say for a long time, but, once they are said, one never stops repeating them.
Woe to the man who in the first moments of a love-affair does not believe that it will last forever! Woe to him who even in the arms of some mistress… - Benjamin Constant
Woe to the man who in the first moments of a love-affair does not believe that it will last forever! Woe to him who even in the arms of some mistress…
There is a bizarre notion according to which it is claimed that because men are corrupt, it is necessary to give certain of them all the more power..… - Benjamin Constant
There is a bizarre notion according to which it is claimed that because men are corrupt, it is necessary to give certain of them all the more power..…
Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placatin… - Benjamin Constant
Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placatin…
Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804) - Benjamin Constant
Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)
Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves. - Benjamin Constant
Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.
No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being. - Benjamin Constant
No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.
The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has broken the heart that loved h… - Benjamin Constant
The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has broken the heart that loved h…
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