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> [Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too hard a religion, few persons whose devotion is of long continuance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/too-austere-a-philosophy-makes-few-wise-men-too-rigorous-politics-few/)

[Charles De Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

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## More by Charles de Saint-Evremond

> [The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/the-censure-of-those-who-are-opposed-to-us-is-the-highest/)

[Charles de Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

> [Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/nothing-is-more-usual-than-the-sight-of-old-people-who-yearn-for/)

[Charles de Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

> [Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too hard a religion, few persons whose devotion is of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/too-austere-a-philosophy-makes-few-wise-men-too-rigorous-politics-few/)

[Charles De Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

> [When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you're still working, think and act a bit as if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/when-you-retire-think-and-act-as-if-you-were-still-working-when-you/)

[Charles De Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

> [There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/there-is-as-much-ingenuity-in-making-an-felicitous-application-of-an/)

[Charles de Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

> [A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/a-man-who-knows-how-to-mix-pleasures-with-business-is-never-entirely/)

[Charles de Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

> [The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/the-foolish-moments-of-the-head-are-often-the-most-wonderful-times-of/)

[Charles de Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

> [It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-saint-evremond/it-well-becomes-a-man-who-is-no-longer-young-to-forget-that-he-ever/)

[Charles de Saint-Evremond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-saint-evremond/)

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