Calculations Quote by 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

“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…

— 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 surveillance…

— Benjamin Constant

“There is indeed in the contemplation of beauty of any kind, something which detaches us from ourselves by making us feel that perfection is…

— 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…

— 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)

— Benjamin Constant

“I detest that fatuity of mind which believes that what is explained is also excused; I hate that vanity which finds it interesting to…

— Benjamin Constant

“Consoler of our misery, religion is at the same time the most natural of our emotions. Unknown to us, all our physical sensations, all…

— Benjamin Constant

“We are such volatile creatures, we finally feel sentiments we feign”

— Benjamin Constant

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

— Benjamin Constant

“How would you define the impression of a dark night, of an ancient forest, of the wind moaning through ruins or over graves, of…

— 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.

— Benjamin Constant