Particular Quotes by Victor Cousin

The universal and absolute law is that natural justice which cannot be written down, but which appeals to the hearts of all.

— Victor Cousin

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

In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.

— Victor Cousin

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

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

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

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

— Victor Cousin

“If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.”

— Victor Cousin

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.

— Victor Cousin

We need religion for religions's sake, morality for morality's sake and art for art's sake.

— Victor Cousin

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

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