François Chateaubriand
François Chateaubriand
among best contains depths human perspective seen truth truths
We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective
bread hungry justice
Justice is the bread of the nation, it is always hungry for it.
light merely odious sees superior
One is not superior merely because one sees the world in an odious light
animals cat lay lives pretends sleep
The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.