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Quotes
from French Essayist,
Michel E. De Montaigne –1533-1592
We should not ask who is the most
learned, but who is the best learned.
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No one is exempt from talking
nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly.
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to
the law, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is
weak.
The lack of wealth is easily repaired, but the poverty of the soul is
irreparable.
The highest wisdom is continual cheerfulness; such a state, like the region
above the moon, is always clear and serene.
Quotes from
French Philosopher,
Blaise Pascal – 1623-1662
Man’s greatness lies in his power
of thought.
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to
God’s providence to lead him aright.
Kind words produce their own image in men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is.
We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance, as they ought to be
used.
Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak at all of yourself.
Happiness is neither within us only, or without us; it is the union of ourselves
with God.
Man is not worthy of God; but he is not incapable of being made worthy.
It is much better to know something about everything than to know everything
about one thing.
Quotes from French Moralist,
Francois Rochefoucauld – 1630-1680
We must not judge of a man’s
merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.
Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.
The reason why lovers never weary of one another is this: they are always
talking of themselves.
Quarrels never last long if the fault were all on one side.
No persons are more frequently wrong than those who will not admit they are
wrong.
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in a few words, so it is
of small wits to talk much and say nothing.
Before we passionately desire anything, which another possesses, we should
examine as to the happiness of its possessor.
Quotes from French
Poet & Dramatist – 1694-1778
The secret of making oneself
tiresome is not to know when to stop.
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
Ideas are like beards; men do not have them until they grow up.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Life is thick sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly
through them. The longer we dwell upon our misfortunes, the greater in their
power to harm us.
French Proverbs
If we find not repose in
ourselves, it is in vain to seek it elsewhere.
To make oneself beloved is after all the best way to be useful.
There is no such thing as a necessary man.
The most wasted of all days is the day when we have not laughed.
Why kill time when one can employ it?
People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.
He who threatens is always afraid.
A fault, which is denied, is committed twice over.
It is hope that makes the future.
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