Madame Roland Quote

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.


Memoirs of Madame de Staël and of Madame Roland (1847)


A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.