Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle Quote

If I had my hand closed full of truths, I would take great care not to open it.

Passions are like the winds, necessary to give movement to everything, although they are often the cause of hurricanes.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

Modesty is the complement of wisdom.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

Don't take life too seriously; you won't get out of it alive anyway.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

Health is the unit that gives value to all the zeros in life.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

Expecting too much happiness is an obstacle to happiness.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

When things do not want to conform to us, we must conform to them.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

Vanity is self-love exposed.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

The good needs to provide evidence; the beautiful does not.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

Pride is the complement of ignorance.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle