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Hippolyte Taine

A fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains.

Hippolyte Taine

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genius hippolyte taine

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History is nothing but a problem of mechanics applied to psychology.

Hippolyte Taine

genius hippolyte taine

Hippolyte Taine

Kindly politeness is the slow fruit of advanced reflection; it is a sort of humanity and kindliness applied to small acts and every day discourse: it bids man soften towards others, and forget himself for the sake of others: it constrains genuine nature, which is selfish and gross.

Hippolyte Taine

genius hippolyte taine

Hippolyte Taine

We study ourselves three weeks, we love each other three months, we squabble three years, we tolerate each other thirty years, and then the children start all over again.

Hippolyte Taine

genius hippolyte taine

Hippolyte Taine

Four varieties in society: lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest.

Hippolyte Taine

genius hippolyte taine

Hippolyte Taine

The production of a work of art is determined by the material and intellectual climate in which a man lives and dies.

Hippolyte Taine

genius hippolyte taine

Hippolyte Taine

I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

Hippolyte Taine