What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain?More Astolf Custine quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation.More Astolf Custine quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most miserable on earth, because they suffer at one and the same time the evils of barbarism and of civilization.More Astolf Custine quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain?More Astolf Custine quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.More Astolf Custine quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]