Quotes by Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier

It is the passions that do and undo everything. >>

There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music a >>

A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; >>

Quotations about Truth

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simp >>

We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what t >>

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted. >>

If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier