Benjamin Constant

Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (October 25, 1767 December 8, 1830) was a Swiss-born thinker, writer and French politician.

Quotes

  • Je ne suis pas la rose, mais j’ai vécu avec elle.
    • Translation: I am not the rose, but I have lived near it.
    • A. Hayward, Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Introduction.
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