Dumouriez French Quotes & Sayings

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes. — Simone Weil

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. — Edward Appleton

Faith actually moves no mountains, but instead raises them up where there were none before. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Failures are not your own self. See to it that you are free from them. Only when you can relinquish them can you really be free and no longer assailed by them. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Forgive me. Sometimes an answer can vary with a context, if you follow me — John Le Carre

Telling me that I'm obsessed with talking about racism in America is like telling me I'm obsessed with swimming when I'm drowning. — Hari Kondabolu

The Republic is six months old, and it's flying apart. It has no cohesive force - only a monarchy has that. Surely you can see? We need the monarchy to pull the country together - then we can win the war."
Danton shook his head.
"Winners make money," Dumouriez said. "I thought you went where the pickings were richest?"
"I shall maintain the Republic," Danton said.
"Why?"
"Because it is the only honest thing there is."
"Honest? With your people in it?"
"It may be that all its parts are corrupted, vicious, but take it altogether, yes, the Republic is an honest endeavor. Yes, it has me, it has Fabre, it has Hebert - but it also has Camille. Camille would have died for it in '89."
"In '89, Camille had no stake in life. Ask him now - now he's got money and power, now he's famous. Ask him now if he's willing to die."
"It has Robespierre."
"Oh yes - Robespierre would die to get away from the carpenter's daughter, I don't doubt. — Hilary Mantel

What each one honors before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God. — Origen