"Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and……" — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
"Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature!"
—
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
31 Quotes by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle has 31 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.
-
They will have the World to be in Large, what a Watch is in Small; which is very regular, and…
-
Let us be well assured of the Matter of Fact, before we trouble our selves with enquiring into the Cause.…
-
Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.
-
If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.
-
It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.
-
I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.
-
It is high time for me to depart, for at my age I now begin to see things as they…
-
A work of morality, politics, criticism will be more elegant, other things being equal, if it is shaped by the…
-
A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one…
-
To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak…
-
The Art of Flying is but newly invented, twill improve by degrees, and in time grow perfect; then we may…
See all 31 quotes by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle »
More Ambition Quotes
This quote is filed under Ambition Quotes,
one of 2,147 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as…
— Mary Kay Ash
-
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you…
— Mary Kay Ash
-
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All…
— Saint Augustine
-
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
— Marcus Aurelius
-
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
— Marcus Aurelius
-
All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was…
— Paul Auster
-
Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
— Sai Baba
-
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
— Charles Babbage
-
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
-
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
— Pearl Bailey
-
The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
— Russell Baker
-
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
— James A. Baldwin
See all 2,147 Ambition Quotes »