Maistre

Famous quotes containing the word maistre:

    It is one of man’s curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
    —Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)

    Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
    —Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)

    False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.
    —Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)