What did Madame Roland mean by: It would have cost me more trouble to escape from injustice, than it does to submit to it. Madame Roland Politician · France Copy
If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Madame Roland, Liberty, Loss, Sacrifice, 0 Madame Roland Politician · France
Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Madame Roland, Discontent, Emptiness, Restlessness, 0 Madame Roland Politician · France
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Madame Roland, Gallantry, Love, Selfishness, 0 Madame Roland Politician · France
The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Madame Roland, Belonging, Conformity, Weakness, 0 Madame Roland Politician · France
I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Madame Roland, Freedom, Melancholy, 0 Madame Roland Politician · France
Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Madame Roland, Emotion, Joy, Serenity, 0 Madame Roland Politician · France
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Madame Roland, Leadership, Opinion, Wisdom, 0 Madame Roland Politician · France
When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can’t ever start a work of art. Jeanne Moreau Actress · France
It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them. Jean Plaidy Author · England
Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion. Jean Racine Playwright · France
Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France