Book Quote by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Download Open image “I pity those who have no taste for reading.” — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Book reading Books Pity Reading Reading books Taste
I pity the people who don't like to read, because then they spend their whole lives stuck in this one world and don't get… — Richard Denney Copy Share Image
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And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire, we… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
winter is past, and we have a prospect of spring that is superior to spring itself. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
We are so fond of hearing ourselves spoken of, that, be it good or ill, it is still pleasing. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
Long life will sometimes obscure the star of fame. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
... truth ... carries authority with it; while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion; the… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
Oh Dear! How unfortunate I am not to have anyone to weep with! — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
good and evil travel on the same road, but they leave different impressions. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
Happiness, like misfortunes, never comes alone. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
Ah, what a grudge I owe physicians! what mummery is their art! — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
the days, and the months, and the years, pass so swiftly, that I can no longer retain them. Time, in its flight, hurries me… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
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