French - Diplomat | April 1, 1753 - February 26, 1821
A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.
Joseph de Maistre
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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.
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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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It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
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There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.
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Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.
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Man in harmony with his Creator is sublime, and his action is creative; equally, once he separates himself from God and acts alone, he does not cease to be powerful, since this is the privilege of his nature, but his acts are negative and lead only to destruction.
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Without doubt, God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it.
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We recognize in a plant some unknown power, a single, form-giving force, which creates and conserves, which moves unwaveringly toward its end, which appropriates what is useful to it and rejects that which would harm it.
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Man may well have covered over and, so to speak, encrusted the truth with the errors he has loaded onto it, but these errors are local, and universal truth will always show itself.
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Government is a true religion: it has its dogmas, its mysteries, its priests. To submit it to the individual discussion is to destroy it; it is given life only through the national mind, that is to say, by political faith, which is a creed.
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Genius is a grace. The true man of genius acts by movement or by impulsion.
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