Madame Roland

“Plus je vois le homes, plus j’admire les chiens” (The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs).”

— Madame Roland

I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms.

— Madame Roland

It is impossible to rise to freedom, from the midst of corruptions, without strong convulsions. They are the salutary crises of a…

— Madame Roland

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

— Madame Roland

I have been reading Madame Roland's memoirs and have come to the conclusion that she was a very over-rated woman; snobbish, vain,…

— Madame Roland

Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.

— Madame Roland

Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!

— Madame Roland

It would have cost me more trouble to escape from injustice, than it does to submit to it.

— Madame Roland

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

— Madame Roland

Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment.

— Madame Roland

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

— Madame Roland

The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep.

— Madame Roland

People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.

— Madame Roland

“O Liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!”

— Madame Roland

If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.

— Madame Roland

“O Liberté, que de crimes on commet en ton nom! (O Liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!)”

— Madame Roland

The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne

— Madame Roland