Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon Quote

True philosophy raises us above grandeur, but nothing can raise us above the ennui which it causes.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


True philosophy raises us above grandeur, but nothing can raise us above the ennui which it causes.

True philosophy raises us above grandeur, but nothing can raise us above the ennui which it causes.

True philosophy raises us above grandeur, but nothing can raise us above the ennui which it causes.

True philosophy raises us above grandeur, but nothing can raise us above the ennui which it causes.