Madame Roland Quote

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.


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


The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.