Comte de Paris

Famous quotes containing the words comte de, comte and/or paris:

    “Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful.... I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?”
    —Isidore Ducasse, Comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870)

    “Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.”
    —Isidore Ducasse, Comte de Lautréamont (1846–70)

    “Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh. Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)