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To know how to wait is the great secret of success.


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Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821, French Philosopher & Statesman, Quoted in Smiles, Self-Help

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Joseph de Maistre
  • Born: April 1, 1753
  • Died: February 26, 1821
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Diplomat

Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre was a Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer and diplomat who advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immediately following the French Revolution. Despite his close personal and intellectual ties with France, Maistre was throughout his life a subject of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which he served as a member of the Savoy Senate (1787–1792), ambassador to Russia (1803–1817) and minister of state to the court in Turin (1817–1821).