Louis Gustave Vapereau famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Old married people look so much alike that they have the same number of hairs in their ears.
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All other goods by Fortune's hands are given; A wife is the peculiar gift of heaven.
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Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.
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Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
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The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams...never for reality.
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Let shining Charity adorn your zeal, The noblest impulse generous minds can feel.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.
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Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.
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When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.
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Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect or extent of knowledge.
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