There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
It is beauty that begins to please, and tenderness that completes the cbarm. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Women react differently: a french woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle