Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon Quotes
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To place wit above sense, is to place superfluity above utility.
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
There are in the human heart two cups, one for joy and one for sorrow, which empty themselves alternately.
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
True philosophy raises us above grandeur, but nothing can raise us above the ennui which it causes.
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Hope says to us at every moment: Go on! go on! and leads us thus to the grave.
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
