In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.
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It can even come about that a created will cancels out, not perhaps the exertion, but the result of divine action for in this sense, God himself has told us that God wishes things which do not happen because man does not wish them Thus the rights of men are immense, and his greatest misfortune is to be unaware of them.Joseph De Maistre
Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
Joseph de Maistre
If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.
Joseph de Maistre
It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
Joseph de Maistre
I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man it is horrible.
Joseph De Maistre
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