There are no easy methods of learning difficult things; the method is to close your door, give out that you are not at home, and work.

About Joseph de Maistre

Joseph Marie, comte de Maistre (1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821), was a Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, and political philosopher. He is chiefly remembered as one of the intellectual forefathers of modern conservatism.

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It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.

—Joseph de Maistre

Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives: he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing.

—Joseph de Maistre

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I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my best each and every day.

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He who limps is still walking.

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