Jules Michelet Professions : HistorianBorn : August 21, 1798Died : February 9, 1874 Browse All Authors Top 28 quotes by Jules Michelet Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions. Jules Michelet cute-girlwomenmiracle Coffee, the sober drink, the mighty nourishment of the brain, which unlike other spirits, heightens purity and lucidity; coffee, which clears the clouds of the imagination and their gloomy weight; which illuminates the reality of things suddenly with the flush of truth. Jules Michelet coffeecloudsreality What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. Jules Michelet What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. Jules Michelet diversityjusticefirsts He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality. Jules Michelet present-timereality Achieving a goal is nothing. The getting there is everything. Jules Michelet achievegoal Every epoch dreams its successor. Jules Michelet successorsepochdream You are one of the forces of nature. Jules Michelet forces-of-natureenvironmentforce Women are perfectly well aware that the more they seem to obey the more they rule. Jules Michelet obediencewellswomen The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth. Jules Michelet instrumentsdutyfirsts The way to gain a friend is to be one Jules Michelet friendsgainsway Woe be to him who tries to isolate one department of knowledge from the rest. All science is one: language, literature and history, physics, mathematics and philosophy; subjects which seem the most remote from one another are in reality connected, or rather they all form a single system. Jules Michelet tryingphilosophyreality Each year, it is necessary to respire, to take breath again, to revive ourselves at the great living sources that forever keep their eternal freshness. Where can we find them if not at the cradle of our race, on the sacred summits from where descend the Indus and the Ganges....? Jules Michelet raceforeveryears He who knows how to be poor knows everything. Jules Michelet povertyknow-howpoor Great hearts alone understand how much glory there is in being good. Jules Michelet glorygoodnessheart At its starting point in India, the birthplace of races and religions, the womb of the world. Jules Michelet indiaraceworld Fear accomplishes much in love. The husband of the Middle Ages was loved by his wife for his very severity. The bride of William the Conqueror, having been beaten by him, recognized him by this token for her lord and husband Jules Michelet wifehusbandfear If you wish to ruin yourself, marry a rich wife. Jules Michelet marriagewifewish How beautifully everything is arranged by Nature; as soon as a child enters the world, it finds a mother ready to take care of it. Jules Michelet familymotherchildren Animal life, sombre mystery. All nature protests against the barbarity of man, who misapprehends, who humiliates, who tortures his inferior brethren. Jules Michelet animalmenlife Similar Authors Abram L. Sachar historian Bryan Ward-Perkins historian Bruce Catton historian Bruce Bartlett historian Brian Crozier historian Allan Nevins historianAll Authors
