Madame Roland
If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.Collection: Freedom
Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!Collection: Freedom
The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - JeanneCollection: Dog
It is impossible to rise to freedom, from the midst of corruptions, without strong convulsions. They are the salutary crises of a serious disease. We are in want of a terrible political fever, to carry off our foul humors.Collection: Strong
It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.Collection: Wise
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.Collection: Wise
The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep.Collection: Sheep
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.Collection: Selfish
People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.Collection: Work
Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.Collection: Heart
It would have cost me more trouble to escape from injustice, than it does to submit to it.Collection: Doe
A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.Collection: Mind
I have been reading Madame Roland's memoirs and have come to the conclusion that she was a very over-rated woman; snobbish, vain, sentimental, envious - rather a German type. Her last days before her execution were spent in chronicling petty social snubs or triumphs of many years back. She was a democrat chiefly from envy of the noblesse.Collection: Reading
I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms.Collection: Sadness
Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment.Collection: Joy