Edgar Quinet Quotes

A collection of quotes by Edgar Quinet.

Edgar Quinet (1803-1875) was a French writer, historian, and philosopher. He was born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, and studied at the Ã‰cole Normale SupÃ©rieure in Paris. Quinet became known for his liberal and republican ideas, advocating for religious freedom and political reform. He wrote extensively on topics such as the French Revolution, European history, and the role of religion in society. Quinet's works had a significant influence on the intellectual and political landscape of 19th-century France.

The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the pr

The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world.

Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot.

Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot.

Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the let

Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the infinitely great.

It is certain that if you would have the whole secret of a p

It is certain that if you would have the whole secret of a people, you must enter into the intimacy of their religion.

Time is the fairest and toughest judge.

Time is the fairest and toughest judge.

Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth fl

Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.

What we share with another ceases to be our own.

What we share with another ceases to be our own.

I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the pos

I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms.

The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the pr

The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world.

Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of tr

Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the pa

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

What are all political and social institutions, but always a

What are all political and social institutions, but always a religion, which in realizing itself, becomes incarnate in the world?

An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body.

An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body.