7 Quotes Tagged: 1830

"I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought."

Oh, if there were only a true religion. Fool that I am, I see a Gothic cathedral and venerable stained-glass windows, and my weak heart conjures up the priest to fit the scene. My soul would understand him, my soul has need of him. I only find a nincompoop with dirty hair.

"I will never demean myself to speak about my courage," said Julien, coldly, "it would be mean to do so. Let the world judge by the facts."

Could anything possibly be more humorous than believing in the depth or in the depravity of the Parisian character?

The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.

Each man for himself in that desert of egoism which is called life.