Follies committed by sensible people, extravagances said by clever people, crimes committed by honest people: this is the history of revolutions.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


Follies committed by sensible people, extravagances said by clever people, crimes committed by honest people: this is the history of revolutions.

Follies committed by sensible people, extravagances said by clever people, crimes committed by honest people: this is the history of revolutions.

Follies committed by sensible people, extravagances said by clever people, crimes committed by honest people: this is the history of revolutions.

Follies committed by sensible people, extravagances said by clever people, crimes committed by honest people: this is the history of revolutions.