We must always skim over pleasures. They are like marshy lands that — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
L’univers?je l’en estime plus depuis que je sais qu’il ressemble a’ — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Nature intends that, at fixed periods, men should succeed each other by — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
A work of morality, politics, criticism will be more elegant, other things — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
A man finds no sweeter voice in all the world than that which chants his praise. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
