Benjamin Constant Quote

The arbitrary is not only harmful when used for crime. Employed against crime, it is also dangerous.

It is tough, it is painful, not to be loved when one still loves, but it is much tougher to still be loved when one no longer loves.

Benjamin Constant

Meditation strengthens the strong and weakens the weak.

Benjamin Constant

When the age of passions has passed, what else can we desire but to escape from life with the least possible amount of pain?

Benjamin Constant

Freedom is nothing more than what society has the right to do and the state has no right to prevent.

Benjamin Constant

We are such fickle creatures that we end up experiencing the feelings we pretend.

Benjamin Constant

We must decide, act, and be silent.

Benjamin Constant