“Lovers, like dying men, may well At first disorder'd be, Since none alive can truly tell What Fortune they must see.” MenFirstsWellsMayAliveDyingLoversFortuneDisorder Author:Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet
“Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places.” WellsIgnoranceCalamityHigh Places Author:Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
“An Indian philosopher, being asked what were, according to his opinion, the two most beautiful things in the universe, answered: The starry heavens above our heads, and the feeling of duty in our hearts.” HeartTwoFeelingsBeautifulUniverseHeavenBeautyOpinionDutyPhilosopherIndianBeautiful Things Author:Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
“The spirit of the world encloses four kinds of spirits, diametrically opposed to charity--the spirit of resentment, spirit of aversion, spirit of jealousy and the spirit of indifference.” WorldKindSpiritFourCharityIndifferenceResentmentAversion Author:Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
“Truth is a queen who has her eternal throne in heaven, and her seat of empire in the heart of God.” HeartTruthHeavenTruth IsEternalQueensSeatsEmpiresThrones Author:Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
“The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them to be so, not because we have seen them for what they are.” WantBelieveSpiritWorst Author:Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
“To know one's self, one must go all the way to horror.” KnowsWaySelfHorror Author:Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
“The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental.” MightMemoriesGeniusCharmHunkMelonsChoosy Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning
