Maxioms by Alexis De Tocqueville
The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing
The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing
Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which read more
Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.
