Joseph De Maistre: Quotes about men

Joseph De Maistre was Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat. Explore interesting quotes on men.

Joseph De Maistre: 26 quotes 18 likes

“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.”

Joseph De Maistre

Les fausses opinions ressemblent à la fausse monnaie qui est frappée d'abord par de grands coupables et dépensée ensuite par d'honnêtes gens qui perpétuent le crime sans savoir ce qu'ils font.
Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg, Ch. I

Men , Money , People , Falseness

“It is always necessary to call men back to history, which is the first master in politics, or more exactly the only master.”

Joseph De Maistre

"Of Monarchy," p. 120
Against Rousseau (1795)

History , Men

“Men never respect what they have made themselves. This is why an elective king never possesses the moral power of a hereditary sovereign, because he is not noble enough, that is to say he does not possess that kind of greatness independent of men and that is the work of time.”

Joseph De Maistre

"Of Founders and the Political Constitution," p. 72
Against Rousseau (1795)

Time , Men