Madeleine De Scudery Quotes

#1. The only rose without thorns is friendship.

Madeleine De Scudery

#2. Too many!' James shouted, and slammed the door behind him.

Susan Cooper

#3. When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask.

C.S. Forester

#4. Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air.

Pat Conroy

#5. A jealous man always finds more than he is looking for.

Madeleine De Scudery

#6. God knew my needs and took care accordingly.

Louis Zamperini

#7. There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

Anatole France

#8. Love makes the greatest pleasures and most sensitive misfortunes of life.

Madeleine De Scudery

#9. It is more important to have self-respect than to gain respect from others.

Madeleine De Scudery

#10. Love makes mutes of those who habitually speak most fluently.

Madeleine De Scudery

#11. Love makes life's sweetest pleasures and worst misfortunes.

Madeleine De Scudery

#12. She was a woman for whom a man would buy a diamond ring or a new car, just to cheer her up.

Janet Fitch

#13. The virtue which has never been attacked by temptation is deserving of no monument.

Madeleine De Scudery

#14. Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#15. Love is a capricious creature which desires everything and can be contented with almost nothing.

Madeleine De Scudery

#16. Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

Madeleine De Scudery