Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

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Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet was a French bishop and theologian. Renowned for his sermons, addresses and literary works, he is regarded as a brilliant orator and literary stylist of the French language.

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Notable works: Oraisons funèbres

About Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

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Quotes by Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places.

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Calamity

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An Indian philosopher, being asked what were, according to his opinion, the two most beautiful things in the universe, answered: The starry…

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Beautiful

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In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us…

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Artifice

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The spirit of the world encloses four kinds of spirits, diametrically opposed to charity--the spirit of resentment, spirit of aversion, spirit of…

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Aversion

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Readiness for death is that of character, rather than of occupation. It is right living which prepares for safe or even joyous…

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Character

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The world itself makes us sick of the world.

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Sick

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To know one's self, one must go all the way to horror.

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Horror

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The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them to be so, not because we have seen…

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Believe

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The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak.

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Appearing

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The inexorable boredom that is at the core of life.

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Boredom

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Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which…

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Damage

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I love to thik of my little children whom God has called to himself as away at school-at the best school in…

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Best school

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Truth is a queen who has her eternal throne in heaven, and her seat of empire in the heart of God.

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Empires

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Every error is truth abused.

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Errors

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O death! We thank you for the light that you will shed upon our ignorance.

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Death

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