Custine

Famous quotes containing the word custine:

“Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.”
—Marquis De Custine (1790–1857)

“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.”
—Marquis De Custine (1790–1857)

“The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigour of mathematical calculation.”
—Marquis De Custine (1790–1857)