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