The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself. -Victor Cousin

 

The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.


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This quote is just one of 4 total Victor Cousin quotes in our collection. Victor Cousin is known for saying 'The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.' as well as some of the following quotes.

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

Victor Cousin

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.

Victor Cousin

All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.

Victor Cousin