René de Chateaubriand Quote

For your kisses I would sell the future!

Political truth, in whatever form it may appear, is nothing more than order and freedom.

René de Chateaubriand

While the heart has desire, the imagination retains illusions.

René de Chateaubriand

Forests precede civilizations, deserts follow them.

René de Chateaubriand

Our illusions know no bounds; we taste the bitterness of the cup a thousand times and yet, we still bring our lips to its edge.

René de Chateaubriand

The death penalty has only been perpetuated by a kind of legal crime.

René de Chateaubriand

I do not believe that the art of quotation is within the reach of those small spirits who, finding nothing within themselves, must take everything from others.

René de Chateaubriand

A good action is an insolent lesson for those who do not have the courage to execute it.

René de Chateaubriand

The dream devours existence: that's the good part.

René de Chateaubriand

Institutions go through three periods: that of service, that of privileges, and that of abuse.

René de Chateaubriand

Heaven rarely makes it so that the man who wants and the man who can are born together.

René de Chateaubriand

The independence of thought is the noblest aristocracy.

René de Chateaubriand

The threat of the strongest always makes me stand by the weakest.

René de Chateaubriand