Creative Quotations from . . .
Joseph Marie De Maistre
(1753-1821) born on Apr 01
French "diplomat, writer". "He became, after being uprooted by the French Revolution, a great exponent of the conservative tradition."
 
   
F
There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work."

R
The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance.
A
"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."
N
It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
K
To know how to wait is the great secret of success.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Wisdom of the Ages at Your Fingertips," MCR software, 1995."
R: ""Considerations on France," ch. 1, 1796."
A: ""The Count, in Les Soirpes de Saint-Pptersbourg," "First Dialogue," 1821."
N: ""Study on Sovereignty," bk. 1, ch. 2, 1884."
K: "In "Wisdom of the Ages at Your Fingertips," MCR software, 1995."



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