Althouse: "It is hard to love people whom we do not respect..."

२४ नोव्हेंबर, २०१२

"It is hard to love people whom we do not respect..."

"... but it is harder still to love those whom we respect more highly than we respect ourselves."

A maxim of Le Duc de La Rochefoucauld.

८ टिप्पण्या:

Scott म्हणाले...: "...it is harder still to love those whom we respect more highly than we respect ourselves."

Not if you're codependent.; २४/११/१२, ४:५२ PM
Unknown म्हणाले...: Doesn't leave much room for love.; २४/११/१२, ४:५८ PM
tiger म्हणाले...: Interesting.

But I have a much better motto, taken from 'If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him'.

Paraphrased: 'If you have a hero, look around because you've done something wrong'.

No one gets put on a pedestal by me, including the Dali Lama, one of the world's great scam artists.

People who scoff at Christianity believe this guy is a living reincarnation. One is no better than the other and Westerners who lap up his nonsense are fools.

Same goes for Castro; the sooner that POS murderer dies the better off Cuba and the world will be.; २४/११/१२, ६:०६ PM
edutcher म्हणाले...: Loving people we do not respect is called love at first sight, or, as it is eventually recognized, lust.; २४/११/१२, ६:५८ PM
chickelit म्हणाले...: Voltaire called the book le premier grand livre de la prose française.

I highly recommend a slim volume called French Wit And Wisdom by Joseph Palmeri who was a Professor of French and Italian at UW-Madison. It's chock full of La Rouchefoucauld.; २४/११/१२, ७:०० PM
Guildofcannonballs म्हणाले...: I love William F. Buckley Jr. Never knew him but from his written works and some Firing Line clips.

My respect for him approaches that which one I should like to think would have for a saint and a prophet.; २४/११/१२, ८:५० PM
McTriumph म्हणाले...: I never personally knew him, but I met him twice. Very nice man.; २४/११/१२, १०:०६ PM
Simon Kenton म्हणाले...: Dans les mechances de nos meilleurs amis, il y a quelquechose que ne nous deplait pas.; २४/११/१२, ११:२६ PM