"It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them."

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Source : Joseph de Maistre (2017). “The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment”, p.128, Routledge

Joseph de Maistre

#Men Quotes #Pleasure Quotes #Curious Quotes

“My dad would throw me in the picture if they needed an extra. From an early age, I understood the concept that, if you're not the star, then your job is to not pull attention away from the star,”
“This paper of yours is so lightly written that you must have sweated terribly.”
“"After all," as a pretty girl once said to me, "women are a sex by themselves, so to speak."”
“I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated”
“For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world.”
“People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety. Â You learn to look into yourself.”
“I fear no man. If you breathe oxygen, I do not fear you.”
“I would not want to be a politician... Let me tell you this: If I was campaigning, and I go against my opponent and he started attacking my character, and I leap over the table and choke him unconscious, would that help my campaign?”

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