"I don't know what a scoundrel is like,……" — Joseph de Maistre
"I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep."
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32 Quotes by Joseph de Maistre
Joseph de Maistre has 32 quotes on this site.
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The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be…
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Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
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War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences…
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Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to…
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Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain.
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All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.
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Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only…
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We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and…
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Without doubt God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has…
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I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart…
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Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.
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Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song.
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When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you…
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Ambition can creep as well as soar.
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Don't confuse [Father's Day] with Valentine's Day, and here's why. Boy, will you creep him out. I can just tell…
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A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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We're left alone with each other. We have to creep close to each other and give gentle little nudges with…
— Tennessee Williams
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[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us…
— Martin Luther
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There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.
— Homer
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Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live…
— Emily Carr
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If you are trying to slip out without waking a sleeping man, zips are a nightmare. Haven't you ever tried…
— Diane von Furstenberg
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You can accomplish so much with a strong will. Just do your best, no matter what. Don't let negative thoughts…
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...what will be the outcome of this kind of thing? Holton predicts that "at best, the result could be Muslim…
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