Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a directly proportional degradation in language.
Joseph de MaistreWhat is needed is not a revolution in the opposite direction, but the opposite of a revolution.
Joseph de MaistreI do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.
Joseph de MaistreAll pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.
Joseph de Maistre