Marquis De Custine
Marquis De Custine
Marquis De Custine quotes about
country flattering french-author longer love master mode soon
The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.
government russia people
In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm by the influence of terror is the only kind of happiness which this government is able to afford its people.
reason nations
Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.
complicated rigor mathematical
The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation.
complaining painful annoyance
What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain?
country believe civilization
I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most miserable on earth, because they suffer at one and the same time the evils of barbarism and of civilization.