There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.
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 h… - Charles De Saint-Evremond
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 h…
- Charles De Saint-Evremond
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it. - Charles De Saint-Evremond
The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us. - Charles De Saint-Evremond
The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. - Charles De Saint-Evremond
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was. - Charles De Saint-Evremond
It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was.
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. - Charles De Saint-Evremond
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.
The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart. - Charles De Saint-Evremond
The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.
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