Laclos Vicomte Quotes & Sayings

Either what we hold to be right and good and true IS right and good and true, for all mankind, or we're just another robber tribe. — Sean Connery

Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude. — William James

I shall possess this woman; I shall steal her from the husband who profanes her: I will even dare ravish her from the God whom she adores. What delight, to be in turns the object and the victor of her remorse! Far be it from me to destroy the prejudices which sway her mind! They will add to my happiness and my triumph. Let her believe in virtue, and sacrifice it to me; let the idea of falling terrify her, without preventing her fall; and may she, shaken by a thousand terrors, forget them, vanquish them only in my arms. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop. — Buffy Sainte-Marie

I felt vaguely outraged that such a bad person had such a good car. Because the car was the culmination of a thousand-odd years of scientific advancement. But the guy was a dick. I wondered when that had happened; that we had started making better machines than people. — Max Barry

Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust? — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty. And meet me tonight in Atlantic City — Bruce Springsteen

Believe me, Vicomte, people rarely acquire the qualities they can dispense with. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

Ghost of Bobby: no, no you can't eat me. I'm a ghost.
Stephen Colbert: That just means that there's less bones to pick out. — Stephen Colbert