“I am Bourbon as a matter of honour, royalist according to reason and conviction, and republican by taste and character.” MatterReasonCharacterRepublicanTasteConvictionHonourBourbon Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
“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