Joseph de Maistre
Joseph de Maistre
Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistrewas a Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat. He defended hierarchical societies and a monarchical State in the period immediately following the French Revolution. Maistre was a subject of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia, whom he served as member of the Savoy Senate, ambassador to Russia, and minister of state to the court in Turin...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth1 April 1753
CountryFrance
men rights wish
It can even come about that a created will cancels out, not perhaps the exertion, but the result of divine action; for in this sense, God himself has told us that God wishes things which do not happen because man does not wish them! Thus the rights of men are immense, and his greatest misfortune is to be unaware of them.
math men numbers
The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man.
eye men afterlife
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.
song spring men
The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes a song, noise acquires rhythm, the spring is transformed into a dance, force becomes dynamic, and outlines figures.
mean men perfection
In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.
art women men
Women have a genius for love; men can only learn the art indifferently.
men desire fortresses
There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
men views giving
Every time that a man who is not an absolute fool presents you with a question he considers very problematic after giving it careful thought, distrust those quick answers that come to the mind of someone who has considered it only briefly or not at all. These answers are usually simplistic views lacking in consistency, which explain nothing, or which do not bear examination.
respect men flesh
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.
art philosophy men
Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known.
money men knowing
False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.
freedom men wicked
Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
heart men may
I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.
men curious pleasure
It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.