Fénelon
View AuthorDeath will only be sad for those who have not thought about it.
Fénelon
View AuthorOnly misfortune can turn a heart of stone into a human heart.
Fénelon
View AuthorThe most insolent in prosperity are the weakest and most cowardly in adversity; they bow their heads when lacking authority, and are seen as dejected as they were known to be proud; in a moment they go from one extreme to another.
Fénelon
View AuthorUnlimited power is a frenzy that ruins its own authority.
Fénelon
View AuthorThe most unfortunate of all men is he who believes himself to be so.
Fénelon
View AuthorThe most insolent in prosperity are the most fearful in adversity.
W. C. Fields
View AuthorThere comes a time in the affairs of men when one must seize the bull by the horns and confront the situation.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
View AuthorEvidently, life is just a continuous process of deterioration.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
View AuthorI hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that's not the case, I hope you have the strength to start over.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorAn soul is measured by the breadth of its desires, just as a cathedral is judged beforehand by the height of its towers.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorThe future tortures us and the past chains us. That's why the present escapes us.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorMemories do not populate our solitude, as is often said; on the contrary, they make it deeper.