19 Quotes About French-novelist

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.

But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.

The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected.

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.