All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them.
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…
- Pierre Charron
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.
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…
All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them. - 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. - 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.
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.
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 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.]
The shortest follies are the best. - Pierre Charron
The shortest follies are the best.
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