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There is no religion without mysteries. God Himself is the great secret of Nature.

There is no religion without mysteries. God Himself is the great secret of Nature.

François-René de Chateaubriand

Secret, Mystery

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 421, 1895.

An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

François-René de Chateaubriand

Writing, Originality, Originals

"Bartlett's Familiar Quotations". 15th edition, 1980.

Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.

François-René de Chateaubriand

Perfect, Lasts, Taste

"Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources". Book by James Wood, 1899.

One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious.

François-René de Chateaubriand

World, Superiors

I am Bourbon as a matter of honour, royalist according to reason and conviction, and republican by taste and character.

François-René de Chateaubriand

Character, Matter, Taste

"De la restauration et de la monarchie élective". Book by François-René de Chateaubriand, 1831.

In living literature no person is a competent judge but of works written in his own language. I have expressed my opinion concerning a number of English writers; it is very possible that I may be mistaken, that my admiration and my censure may be equally misplaced, and that my conclusions may appear impertinent and ridiculous on the other side of the Channel.

François-René de Chateaubriand

Numbers, Judging, May

"Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit of the Times, Men, and Revolutions". Book by François-René de Chateaubriand, translated by Henry Colburn, Volume II, p.36, 1836.

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

François-René de Chateaubriand

Would Be, Height, Too Much

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

François-René de Chateaubriand

Wisdom, Sleep, Cat