Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Quotes

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It is rare that, after having given the key of her heart, a woman does not change the lock the day after.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
To lend freshness to things known, to spread knowledge of things new; an excellent program for a critic.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
O nude truth! O true truth! how difficult thou art to find, and how difficult to utter!

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
And Vigny more discreet, as if in his ivory tower, returned before noon.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
A philosophical thought has probably not attained all its sharpness and all its illumination until it is expressed in French

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Vigny, more secret,
As if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Most often we are judging not others, but rather our own faculties in others.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Since it is necessary to have enemies, let us endeavor to have those who do us honor.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Despair itself if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Let us beware of irony when making judgements. Of all the dispositions of the mind, irony is the least intelligent.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve