http://camille-love.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] camille-love.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] revolution_fr2012-02-20 08:11 pm
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Saint-Just love

So, I was not very much looking forward to reading this essay for my seminar today, but then I saw the first line and was hooked, obviously :)



...the rest of the essay has nothing to do with Saint-Just (or the French Revolution), sadly. Boo.
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[identity profile] ephaistion85.livejournal.com 2012-02-21 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I think that is one of Saint-Just's quote that might run for `most {mis-}quoted quotation' ever.. I think I found it in about 5-6 articles (completely irrelevant to Saint-Just or the French Revolution). Also a certain kind of Italian journalism likes to quote it now and then.

[identity profile] camille-love.livejournal.com 2012-02-21 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's a good quote, and I can see why it lends itself useful to people trying to make generalizations about the 18th c.
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