Quotessence
Home / Authors / François-René de Chateaubriand Books

François-René de Chateaubriand Books

Writer

René

A source page for quotes linked to François-René de Chateaubriand.

0 quotes

Related Quotes

“Atheism can benefit no class of people; neither the unfortunate, whom it bereaves of hope, nor the prosperous, whose joys it renders insipid, nor the soldier, of whom it makes a coward, nor the woman whose beauty and sensibility it mars, nor the mother, who has a son to lose, nor the rulers of men, who have no surer pledge of the fidelity of their subjects than religion.”

PeopleMenJoyMotherLosesClassAtheismSubjectsSonBenefitsSoldierCowardRulersUnfortunateSensibilityMarsProsperousPledgeFidelityInsipid
Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
Create image

“In living literature no person is a competent judge but of works written in his own language. I have expressed my opinion concerning a number of English writers; it is very possible that I may be mistaken, that my admiration and my censure may be equally misplaced, and that my conclusions may appear impertinent and ridiculous on the other side of the Channel.”

MayPersonsLiteratureLanguageSidesNumbersOpinionWrittenJudgingRidiculousConclusionAdmirationMistakenCompetentCensureMisplaced
Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
Create image

“I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference with which she passes from the salon to the housetop. When we caress her, she stretches herself and arches her back responsively; but this is because she feels an agreeable sensation, not because she takes a silly satisfaction, like the dog, in faithfully loving a thankless master. The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.”

NeedsFeelsMaySpiritValuesSleepDogMastersPleaseCatIndependentLaysSatisfactionSillyIndifferenceSensationsScratchesUngratefulCaressArchesPawsSalonsThankless
Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
Create image

“What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that remains are those so-called happy days that flow past unnoticed in the obscurity of domestic cares, leaving man with the desire neither to lose his life nor to begin it over.”

MenWorldLoveLifeCarePastDesireFriendshipLosesPowerfulGriefShareCrimeThis WorldBlessingFameFlowImportanceRemainsFortuneLeavingDisappearLikesGuiltyMediocrityFleetingDeceivedObscurityUnnoticedHappy DayFrivolityAll That RemainsPowerful Love
Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
Create image

“A moral character is attached to autumnal scenes; the leaves falling like our years, the flowers fading like our hours, the clouds fleeting like our illusions, the light diminishing like our intelligence, the sun growing colder like our affections, the rivers becoming frozen like our lives--all bear secret relations to our destinies.”

YearsCharacterLightFallHoursSecretMoralDestinySunOur LivesGrowingFlowerBearsBecomingSceneIllusionRiversRelationCloudsAffectionAutumnFrozenFleetingOur DestinyFadingMoral Character
Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
Create image