A man of high principle will be ready to sacrifice to the state his wealth, his life, his very nature-everything, indeed, except his honor.

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Maximilien Robespierre

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Citizen and state

Author

Maximilien Robespierre

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Essay

Language

French

Time

1784 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Revolutionary

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France Europe

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Citation

Robespierre, Maximilien. Discours sur les peines infamantes [Discorse on Infamous]. 1784, The Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Arras, Arras, France.

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To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us even in silence-this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship]. Berlin: Johann Friedrich Unger, 1785-1786, bk. 7, ch. 5.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship." Goethe: The Collected Works, edited and translated by Eric A. Blackall. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1995, bk. 7, ch. 5.

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A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.

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Camus, Albert. La Chute [The Fall]. Editions Gallimard, 1956.