True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is. Victor Cousin Read Quote
All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world. Victor Cousin Read Quote
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things. Victor Cousin Read Quote
The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself. Victor Cousin Read Quote
