Charles de Saint-Evremond Quotes

• It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was.

  Charles de Saint-Evremond

  Men, Age, Forget

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• The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.

  Charles de Saint-Evremond

  Heart, Reality, Wonderful

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• Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

  Charles de Saint-Evremond

  Reputation, Virtue

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• 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

  Retirement, Regret, Sight

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• There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.

  Charles de Saint-Evremond

  Inspiring, Ingenuity, Passages

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• The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

  Charles de Saint-Evremond

  Censorship, Given, Commendation

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• 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 he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.

  Charles de Saint-Evremond

  Men, Relaxation, Use

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