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Benjamin Constant

Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other.

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Benjamin Constant

I detest that fatuity of mind which believes that what is explained is also excused; I hate that vanity which finds it interesting to describe the harm that it has done, and asks to be pitied at the end of its recital, and, as it patrols with impunity among the ruins for which it is responsible, gives to self-analysis the time which should be given to repentance.

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Benjamin Constant

We are such volatile creatures, we finally feel sentiments we feign

genius benjamin constant

Benjamin Constant

Woe to the man who in the first moments of a love-affair does not believe that it will last forever! Woe to him who even in the arms of some mistress who has just yielded to him maintains an awareness of trouble to come and foresees that he may later tear himself away!

genius benjamin constant

Benjamin Constant

Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own.

genius benjamin constant

Benjamin Constant

Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.

genius benjamin constant

Benjamin Constant

The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has broken the heart that loved him.