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Madame Roland Biography

Madame Roland née Marie-Jeanne Phlippon, also known as Jeanne Manon Roland (17 March 1754 – 8 November 1793), was, together with her husband Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, a supporter of the French Revolution and influential member of the Girondist faction. She fell out of favour during the Reign of Terror and died on the guillotine.

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The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep.

Ass, Bray, Feeble, Sheep, Weakness, Wolves

If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.

Die, Dies, Freedom, Left, Liberty, Nothing

Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.

Boredom, Disease, Feeling, Feelings, Heart, Minds

Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment.

Deep, Emotion, Joy, Open, Sober

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

Delight, Praise, Respect, Truth, Wise

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

Actuating, Gallant, Love Is, Selfish, Selfishness

I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms.

Charm, Charms, Free, Melancholy, Sadness

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

Defy, Judging, People, Skillful, Tremble, Wise

The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne

Canine, Dog, Dogs, Jeanne, Men

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

Amusement, Flies, Killing, Mind, Satire

Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!

Crimes, Freedom, Liberty, Name, Names, War

I have been reading Madame Roland's memoirs and have come to the conclusion that she was a very over-rated woman; snobbish, vain, sentimental, envious - rather a German type. Her last days before her execution were spent in chronicling petty social snubs or triumphs of many years back. She was a democrat chiefly from envy of the noblesse.

Back, Envy, Reading, Sentimental, Type, Years

It would have cost me more trouble to escape from injustice, than it does to submit to it.

Cost, Doe, Injustice, Trouble

People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.

Forever, Hurry, Moments, People, Work

It is impossible to rise to freedom, from the midst of corruptions, without strong convulsions. They are the salutary crises of a serious disease. We are in want of a terrible political fever, to carry off our foul humors.

Crises, Fever, Freedom, Political, Strong, Terrible