Octave Feuillet famous quotes

Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.
-- Octave Feuillet

#Enemy #Approval #Next

Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal.
-- Octave Feuillet

#Gossip #Rumor #Scandal

The ideal itself is but truth clothed in the forms of art.
-- Octave Feuillet

#Art #Form

Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs.
-- Octave Feuillet

#Kindness #White #Hair

Providence has so ordained it, that only two women have a true interest in the happiness of a man--his own mother, and the mother of his children. Besides these two legitimate kinds of love, there is nothing between the two creatures except vain excitement, painful and vain delusion.
-- Octave Feuillet

#Love #Mother #Children

Beautifully shot, impeccably paced, it was a clear, unrelenting look at the National Trust, its friends and enemies, and it makes you want to burn your passport and beg the Luftwaffe to have another go.

Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.

I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.

You have the approval of yourself. That's quite enough for we who know true inner peace! - Charmainism

The sweetness of this life is found in remembering Allah; the sweetness of the next life will be found in seeing Him.

The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.

Next to the virtue, the fun in this world is what we can least spare.

We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.