Art neither belongs to religion, nor to ethics; but, like these, it brings us nearer to the Infinite, one of the forms of which it manifests to us. God is the source of all beauty, as of all truth, of… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
The universal and absolute law is that natural justice which cannot be written down, but which appeals to the hearts of all. — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
Written laws are formulas in which we endeavor to express as concisely as possible that which, under such or such determined circumstances, natural justice… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success. — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties ; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is. — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
We need religion for religions's sake, morality for morality's sake and art for art's sake. — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
Moral beauty is the basis of all true beauty. This foundation is somewhat covered and veiled in nature. Art brings it out, and gives… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
Yes, gentlemen, give me the map of any country, its configuration, its climate, its waters, its winds, and the whole of its physical geography;… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
