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Man in harmony with his Creator is sublime, and his action is creative; equally, once he separates himself from God and acts alone, he does not cease to be powerful, since this is the privilege of his nature, but his acts are negative and lead only to destruction.

~Joseph De Maistre

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Without doubt, God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it.

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Man, in spite of his fatal degradation, bears always the evident marks of his divine origin, in that every universal belief is always more or less true.

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Man may well have covered over and, so to speak, encrusted the truth with the errors he has loaded onto it, but these errors are local, and universal truth will always show itself.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Diplomat

Born: April 1st, 1753

Died: February 26th, 1821

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