Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully quotes

“The English take their pleasures sadly, after the fashion of their country.”
-- Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully

Source : "Memoirs". Book by Maximillian, Duc de Sully, 1827.

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“The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.”
-- Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully

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“American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook; but they no more committed themselves to a particular group or country than a nineteenth-century missionary committed himself to the African tribe in which he happened to find himself.”

“I am a big admirer of Sachin and his personality. He is a source of inspiration for the country and just looking at his photographs gives a lot of positive vibes.”

“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”

“We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. Now none of this is the fault of 20 year old college student, but you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world I don't know what the f^&k you're talking about.”

“A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.”

“By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a boutique operation, manipulated by fashion, self-serving art scholars and the vagaries of the auction block.”

“I didn't know anything about fashion. I couldn't believe it when I got here. I don't know how I'm sitting here right now speaking English.”

“Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture.”

Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.216, U of Nebraska Press

“People always ask what I would have done if I weren't doing what I'm doing. And I say I'd [still] be in fashion or in beauty. It's such a dream come true now because I have the ability to go into home [goods] and accessories as well.”

“The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide open spaces surrounded by teeth.”

Source : "War Is a Racket". Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book "War Is a Racket", www.businessinsider.com. 1935.