| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37562 |
| QUOTATION: | We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821), French diplomat, philosopher. repr. In The Works of Joseph de Maistre, ed. Jack Lively (1965). Considerations on France, ch. 3 (1796). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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