A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his will; and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a… — Charles de Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was. — Charles de Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us. — Charles de Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired… — Charles de Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too hard a religion, few persons whose devotion is of… — Charles De Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
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… — Charles De Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it. — Charles de Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his… — Charles de Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart. — Charles de Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was. — Charles de Saint-Evremond Copy Share Image
