Quotes by Jules Michelet
3 quotes by Jules Michelet (died 1874), taken from L’Oiseau. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
L’Oiseau
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“The splendours of the East, the marvels of the Tropics, taken together, are not worth the first violet of Easter, the first song of April, the blossom of the hawthorn, the glee of the young girl who resumes her robes of white.”
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“Strength makes joy. The happiest of beings is the bird, because it feels itself strong beyond the limits of its action; because, cradled, sustained by the breath of heaven, it floats, it rises without effort, like a dream.”
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“To create, to destroy--these are the two raptures of infancy: to create is a long, slow process; to destroy is quick and easy. The least act of creation implies those best gifts of the Creator and of kindly Nature: gentleness and patience.”