Quotes by Custine, Marquis De

A multitude of little superfluous precautions engender here a populati >>

The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted >>

Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often >>

Quotations about Patriotism

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, a >>

Who saves his country violates no law. >>

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good eno >>

The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.

Custine, Marquis De