Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Pain #Evil #Pleasure
It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Inspirational #Positive #Hope
Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Disrespect #Triumph #Way
Sin is not so sinful as hypocrisy.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Hypocrisy #Sin
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Love #Friendship #Opposites
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Inspirational #Women #Adversity
Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Love #Grace #Delicacy
Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Philosophy #Greatness #May
Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Life #Journey #Venture
Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Comfort #Trouble
Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..."
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Hope #Goes On
three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.
-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Marriage #Unhappy #Three

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