" 1)Change a virtue in its circumstances find it becomes a vice; change a vice in its circumstances, and it becomes a virtue. Regard the same quality from two sides; on one it is a fault, on the other a merit. The essential of a man is found concealed far below these moral badges." ~ Hippolyte Taine


2) There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety." ~ Hippolyte Taine

3)For thirty centuries, from her sacred seat the cat looked down, and crouching at her feet, beheld the race of conquering Pharaohs kneel." ~ Hippolyte Taine "

― Hippolyte Taine