Famous quotes containing the word maistre:
“The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil, the death of death.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)
“Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)
“It is one of man’s curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)