7 quotes
Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)
Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one’s innocence with the loss of one’s prejudices.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)
If your little savage were left to himself and be allowed to retain all his ignorance, he would in time join the infant’s reasoning to the grown man’s passion, he would strangle his father and sleep with his mother.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)