People named Custine include:
- Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740-1793), French general
- Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine (1790-1857), French aristocrat and writer
Famous quotes containing the word custine:
“The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigour of mathematical calculation.”
—Marquis De Custine (1790–1857)
“A multitude of little superfluous precautions engender here a population of deputies and sub-officials, each of whom acquits himself with an air of importance and a rigorous precision, which seemed to say, though everything is done with much silence, “Make way, I am one of the members of the grand machine of state.””
—Marquis De Custine (1790–1857)
“What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain?”
—Marquis De Custine (1790–1857)