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Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Quotes: It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.
         

It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.


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Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.



Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.

Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.



Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.

Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.



To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.

To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.



A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.



A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.

A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.



It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.

It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.



Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another.

Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another.



People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.

People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.



An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.

An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.





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The solution to all the problems of daily life is to cherish others.



Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.

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If you are unconscious, unaware, you are living only in the body, the mortal. And a person who lives for the body, in the body, and only for the body, lives in sin.



I've never had an abortion. And I don't know if I would. But, it doesn't mean that I wouldn't fight to the death for women to make their own choices for their own human bodies.

I've never had an abortion. And I don't know if I would. But, it doesn't mean that I wouldn't fight to the death for women to make their own choices for their own human bodies.



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