Édouard René de Laboulaye

thumb| Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye (18 January 1811 – 25 May 1883) was a French jurist, poet, author and anti-slavery activist. An attentive observer of the political life of the United States and admirer of the American constitution, he originated the idea of a statue presented by the French people to the United States that resulted in the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917) Reported in: Charles Noel Douglas, ed., Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical (1917) God alone is true; God alone is great; alone is God. Patience—in patience there is safety. Patience—with patience everything comes in due season. Reputation is a jewel which nothing can replace; it is ten thousand times more valuable capital than your diamonds. The desert is mute, and dead men tell no tales. The first day a man is a guest, the second a burden, the third a pest. Truth is like a pearl: he alone possesses it who has plunged into the depths of life and torn his hands on the rocks of Time. Wealth is an imperious mistress; she requires the whole heart and life of man. External links Category:Jurists Category:Poets from France Category:Politicians from France Category:Lawyers from France Category:Abolitionists Category:People from Paris Category:1811 births Category:1883 deaths