Madame Roland Quotes

#1. If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.

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#2. The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

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#3. Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!

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#4. Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.

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#5. A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

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#6. Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

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#7. O Liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!

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#8. It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

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#9. It would have cost me more trouble to escape from injustice, than it does to submit to it.

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#10. The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep.

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#11. 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.

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#12. Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment.

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#13. People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.

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#14. I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms.

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#15. The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne

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