Jules Michelet
Jules Michelet
Jules Micheletwas a French historian. He was born in Paris to a family with Huguenot traditions...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth21 August 1798
CountryFrance
firsts instruments duty
The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.
justice firsts social-justice
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education.
children teaching each-day
Improvement depends far less upon length of tasks and hours of application than is supposed. Children can take in but a little each day; they are like vases with a narrow neck; you may pour little or pour much, but much will not enter at a time.
men indifference tyranny
The indifference of men, far more than their tyranny, is the torment of women.
given esteem knows
Our esteem is apt to be given where we know the least.
sunday men joy
Woman is the Sunday of man: not his repose only, but his joy; the salt of his life.
silence produce eloquence
What manly eloquence could produce such an effect as woman's silence?
men yield too-much
Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much.
life animal men
Animal life, sombre mystery. All nature protests against the barbarity of man, who misapprehends, who humiliates, who tortures his inferior brethren.
strong powerful passion
Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.
real climbing effort
The real, in all this efforts, is that we climb just for climbing.
family mother children
How beautifully everything is arranged by Nature; as soon as a child enters the world, it finds a mother ready to take care of it.
poverty poor knows
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
marriage wife wish
If you wish to ruin yourself, marry a rich wife.