Charles de Saint-Evremond famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.
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Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.
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There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
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The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.
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It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was.
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A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his will; and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.
-- Charles de Saint-Evremond
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Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
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May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.
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No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.
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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
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I'd like to set things straight, a few more people should be pulling their weight.
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Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
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The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.
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I've always been an optimist and I believe laughter is a wonderful thing
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You can't escape the past in Paris, and yet what's so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it doesn't seem to burden.
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