Francois Guizot Quotes

The world belongs to optimists. Pessimists are only spectators.

The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators.

Do not be afraid of enthusiasm. You need it. You can do nothing effectively without it.

The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty

Common sense is the genius of mankind.

Not to be a republican at 20 is proof of want of heart; to be one at 30 is proof of want of head.

Nothing falsifies history more than logic.

If I had not smoked I should have been dead ten years ago.

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

The effect of great and inevitable misfortune is to elevate those souls which it does not deprive of all virtue.