Margaret Of Valois Quotes

Envy and hatred fascinate the eyes and never make them see things as they are.

Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.

Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul.

We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being more comfortable to our natures.

Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force.

Distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.

It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.

Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.

Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.

Mistrust is the sure forerunner of hatred.

Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.

God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

There is in us more of the appearance of sense and virtue than of the reality.

Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.