Jean Pierre de Crousaz Quotes

CROUSAZ, Jean Pierre de Quotes

(1663-1750), Swiss divine and philosopher

Satire

A satirist of true genius, who is warmed by a generous indignation of vice, and whose censures are conducted by candor and truth, merits the applause of every friend to virtue. He is a sort of supplement to the legislative authority of his country, assisting the unavoidable defects of all legal institutions for the regulation of manners, and striking terror, even where the divine prohibitions themselves are held in contempt.