Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon Quotes

#1. Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#2. Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#3. The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#4. Sin is not so sinful as hypocrisy.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#5. Three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#6. Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#7. It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#8. Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#9. Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#10. Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

#11. Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on ... "

Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon