Famous quotes containing the words comte de, comte and/or custine:
“Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.”
—Isidore Ducasse, Comte de LautrĂ©amont (184670)
“Throughout my life, I have seen narrow-shouldered men, without a single exception, committing innumerable stupid acts, brutalizing their fellows and perverting souls by all means. They call the motive for their actions fame.”
—Isidore Ducasse, Comte de LautrĂ©amont (18461870)
“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.”
—Marquis De Custine (17901857)