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No duty, however, binds us to...

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

There are things one does not...

There are things one does not say for a long time, but, once they are said, one never stops repeating them.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

Nearly always, so as to live ...

Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

Woe to the man who in the fir...

Woe to the man who in the first moments of a love-affair does not believe that it will last forever! Woe to him who even in the arms of some mistress who has just yielded to him maintains an awareness of trouble to come and foresees that he may later tear himself away!

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

Art for art's sake, with no p...

Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

The great question in life is...

The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has broken the heart that loved him.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

The people who, in order to e...

The people who, in order to enjoy the liberty which suites them, resort to the representative system, must exercise an active and constant surveillance over their representatives, and reserve for themselves...the right to discard them if they betray their trust, and to revoke the powers which them might have abused.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

There is a bizarre notion acc...

There is a bizarre notion according to which it is claimed that because men are corrupt, it is necessary to give certain of them all the more power... on the contrary, they must be given less power.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

Every time government attempts...

Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

Art for art's sake, with no pu...

Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

There are things one does not ...

There are things one does not say for a long time, but, once they are said, one never stops repeating them.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

Nearly always, so as to live a...

Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

Woe to the man who in the firs...

Woe to the man who in the first moments of a love-affair does not believe that it will last forever! Woe to him who even in the arms of some mistress who has just yielded to him maintains an awareness of trouble to come and foresees that he may later tear himself away!

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

No duty, however, binds us to ...

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being...

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

There is a bizarre notion acco...

There is a bizarre notion according to which it is claimed that because men are corrupt, it is necessary to give certain of them all the more power... on the contrary, they must be given less power.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

The people who, in order to en...

The people who, in order to enjoy the liberty which suites them, resort to the representative system, must exercise an active and constant surveillance over their representatives, and reserve for themselves...the right to discard them if they betray their trust, and to revoke the powers which them might have abused.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

The great question in life is ...

The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has broken the heart that loved him.

Benjamin Constant 9 quotes

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