Blame Quote by Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

There are petty-minded people who cannot endure to be reminded of their ignorance because, since they are usually quite blind to all things, quite…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

There is no one who cannot derive great help and great benefit from learning; but there are also only a few people who do…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Sometimes we praise the way things used to be in order to blame the present, and we esteem what is no longer in order…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Even the best-natured people, if uninstructed, are always blind and uncertain. We must take pains to instruct ourselves so that ignorance makes us neither…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

When an opinionated person starts to challenge something, his mind shuts out all that could clear up the matter. The argument irritates him, however…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

It is a very common failing, never to be pleased with our fortune nor displeased with our character.

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Honest and sincere acts mislead the wicked and cause them to lose their path to their own goals, because mean-spirited people usually believe that…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Good results are sometimes owing to a failure of judgment, because the faculty of judgment often hinders us from undertaking many things which would…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

One cannot always bestow all manner of things upon everybody. To refuse a request for just cause is as praiseworthy as to grant a…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

The shame that comes to us as we see ourselves praised when we are unworthy of it often gives us the occasion to accomplish…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Ignorance makes for weakness and fear; knowledge gives strength and confidence. Nothing surprises an intellect that knows all things with a sense of discrimination.

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

There are people so blind and self-absorbed in all matters that they always believe that, whatever they desire or think, they can impose their…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable