Madame de La Fayette famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If one thinks that one is happy, that is enough to be happy.
-- Madame de La Fayette

#Happiness #Thinking #Enough
Most mothers think that to keep young people away from love-making it is enough never to speak of it in their presence.
-- Madame de La Fayette

#Mother #Sex #Thinking
One may forgive infidelity, but one does not forget it.
-- Madame de La Fayette

#Forgiving #Infidelity #May
You love writing; I hate it; and if I had a lover who expected a note from me every morning, I should certainly break with him. Let me beg you then not to measure my friendship by my writing.
-- Madame de La Fayette

#Morning #Hate #Writing
One is very weak when one is in love.
-- Madame de La Fayette

#Weak
We pardon infidelities, but we do not forget them.
-- Madame de La Fayette

#Infidelity #Forget #Pardon
I have left all my business and all my husbands; I have taken with me only fair weather and my children, which is as much as I want.
-- Madame de La Fayette

#Change #Husband #Children
If I had a lover who wanted to hear from me every day, I would break with him.
-- Madame de La Fayette

#Lovers #Break #Satiety

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
I have now reigned above fifty years in victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to be wanting for my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen. O man, place not thy confidence in this present world!
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.
Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.
Embellishment is an irresistible and consuming impulse, going back to the beginnings of human history. ... Probably the strongest motivating force is the simplest: the inability of almost everyone to ever leave well enough alone.
I won't let you close enough to hurt me.
I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.
I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.

Madame de La Fayette famous quotes

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