The Revolution eats its children
Posted: November 16, 2017 Filed under: art history 2 Comments
[Jaques Mallet du Pan] is known for coining the adage “like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children,” which originally appeared as “A l’exemple de Saturne, la révolution dévore ses enfants” in his widely circulated 1793 essay Considérations sur la nature de la Révolution de France, et sur les causes qui en prolongent la durée.
Goya’s painting above. Wikipedia tells me Goya had this painting in his dining room.
Rubens on same theme:
Helytimes 
[…] uncle reminded me there’s a saying that the revolution devours its children. He was referring to Iran. But I think it could yet apply here, […]
Peter Wehner, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, in his column “Trump Discovers MAGA Has No Off-Switch”, relates the MAGA concept of “Deep State”, in which the Epstein case goes to the “very foundation of MAGA” because “it gets to the heart of who is in control of the country” to Trump 2.0 denial of any such files to disclose. He essentially is a “l’exemple de Saturne, la révolution dévore ses enfants.”