Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head.
He that boasts of his ancestors confesses that he has no virtue of his own. No person ever lived for our honor; nor ought that to be reputed ours, wh… - Pierre Charron
He that boasts of his ancestors confesses that he has no virtue of his own. No person ever lived for our honor; nor ought that to be reputed ours, wh…
- Pierre Charron
It is certainly much easier wholly to decline a passion than to keep it within just bounds and measures; and that which few can moderate almost anybo… - Pierre Charron
It is certainly much easier wholly to decline a passion than to keep it within just bounds and measures; and that which few can moderate almost anybo…
Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best. - Pierre Charron
Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best.
He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it. - Pierre Charron
He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.
All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them. - Pierre Charron
All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them.
Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions. - Pierre Charron
Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.
The shortest follies are the best. - Pierre Charron
The shortest follies are the best.
Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal. - Pierre Charron
Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.
The proper Science and Subject for Man's Contemplation is Man himself. [Fr., La vraie science et le vrai etude de l'homme c'est l'homme.] - Pierre Charron
The proper Science and Subject for Man's Contemplation is Man himself. [Fr., La vraie science et le vrai etude de l'homme c'est l'homme.]
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