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MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ST. CLOUD
A Gentleman at Paris
A stranger to remorse and repentance,
as well as to honour Accused of fanaticism, because she
refused to cohabit with him All his creditors, denounced and
executed All priests are to be proscribed as
criminals As everywhere else, supported injustice
by violence As confident and obstinate as ignorant Bestowing on the Almighty the passions
of mortals Bonaparte and his wife go now every
morning to hear Mass Bonaparte dreads more the liberty of
the Press than all other Bourrienne Bow to their charlatanism as if it was
sublimity Cannot be expressed, and if expressed,
would not be believed Chevalier of the Guillotine: Toureaux Complacency which may be felt, but
ought never to be published Country where power forces the law to
lie dormant Distinguished for their piety or
rewarded for their flattery Easy to give places to men to whom
Nature has refused parts Encounter with dignity and self command
unbecoming provocations Error to admit any neutrality at all Expeditious justice, as it is called
here Extravagances of a head filled with
paradoxes Feeling, however, the want of
consolation in their misfortunes Forced military men to kneel before
priests French Revolution was fostered by
robbery and murder Future effects dreaded from its past
enormities General who is too fond of his life
ought never to enter a camp Generals of Cabinets are often
indifferent captains in the field God is only the invention of fear Gold, changes black to white, guilt to
innocence Hail their sophistry and imposture as
inspiration He was too honest to judge soundly and
to act rightly Her present Serene Idiot, as she styles
the Prince Borghese Hero of great ambition and small
capacity: La Fayette How many reputations are gained by an
impudent assurance How much people talk about what they do
not comprehend If Bonaparte is fond of flattery pays
for it like a real Emperor Indifference about futurity Indifference of the French people to
all religion Invention of new tortures and improved
racks Irresolution and weakness in a
commander operate the same Its pretensions rose in proportion to
the condescensions Jealous of his wife as a lover of his
mistress Justice is invoked in vain when the
criminal is powerful Labour as much as possible in the dark Love of life increase in proportion as
its real value diminishes Marble lives longer than man May change his habitations six times in
the month yet be home Men and women, old men and children are
no more Military diplomacy Misfortunes and proscription would not
only inspire courage More vain than ambitious My maid always sleeps with me when my
husband is absent My means were the boundaries of my
wants Napoleon invasion of States of the
American Commonwealth Nature has destined him to obey, and
not to govern Not suspected of any vices, but all his
virtues are negative Not only portable guillotines, but
portable Jacobin clubs Nothing was decided, though nothing was
refused Now that she is old (as is generally
the case), turned devotee One of the negative accomplices of the
criminal Opinion almost constitutes half the
strength of armies Prelate on whom Bonaparte intends to
confer the Roman tiara Prepared to become your victim, but not
your accomplice Presumptuous charlatan Pretensions or passions of upstart
vanity Pride of an insupportable and
outrageous ambition Procure him after a useless life, a
glorious death Promises of impostors or fools to
delude the ignorant Prudence without weakness, and with
firmness without obstinacy Saints supplied her with a finger, a
toe, or some other parts Salaries as the men, under the name of
washerwomen Satisfying himself with keeping three
mistresses only Should our system of cringing continue
progressively Sold cats' meat and tripe in the
streets of Rome Step is but short from superstition to
infidelity Sufferings of individuals, he said, are
nothing Suspicion and tyranny are inseparable
companions Suspicion is evidence They will create some quarrel to
destroy you They ought to be just before they are
generous "This is the age of upstarts," said
Talleyrand Thought at least extraordinary, even by
our friends Thought himself eloquent when only
insolent or impertinent Two hundred and twenty thousand
prostitute licenses Under the notion of being frank, are
rude United States will be exposed to
Napoleon's outrages Usurped the easy direction of ignorance Vices or virtues of all civilized
nations are relatively the same Want is the parent of industry We are tired of everything, even of our
existence Were my generals as great fools as some
of my Ministers Which crime in power has interest to
render impenetrable Who complains is shot as a conspirator With us, unfortunately, suspicion is
the same as conviction Would cease to rule the day he became
just
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