"Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he……" — Joseph de Maistre
"Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing."
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Joseph de Maistre
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32 Quotes by Joseph de Maistre
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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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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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It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond,…
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