Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..." — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end? — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant… — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..." — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Copy Share Image
