"The concept of number is the obvious distinction……" — Joseph de Maistre
"The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man."
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Joseph de Maistre
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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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More Beast Quotes
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
— Aristotle
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily…
— Saint Augustine
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and…
— Diane Ackerman
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What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish,…
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do.
— Brigitte Bardot
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Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
— Aeschylus
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I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.
— Cate Blanchett
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We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not…
— Daniel Boone
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Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and…
— Robert Browning
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As a little girl, I didn't like stories about little girls. I liked stories about dragons and beasts and princes…
— A. S. Byatt
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In my mind's eye, Shakespeare is a huge, hot sea-beast, with fire in his veins and ice on his claws…
— A. S. Byatt
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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
— Albert Camus
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