"Riches should be admitted into our houses, but……" — Pierre Charron
"Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but not into our affections."
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Pierre Charron
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17 Quotes by Pierre Charron
Pierre Charron has 17 quotes on this site.
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All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at…
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The true science and study of mankind is man.
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He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.
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Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.
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The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is…
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The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and…
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God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.
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Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.
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Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire…
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Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite, are yet so contrived by nature as to be constant companions; and it is…
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[Envy not for...] Whatever difference there may appear to be in men's fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of…
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Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly…
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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public…
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
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Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were…
— Lionel Blue
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It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for…
— C.S. Lewis
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Sixty percent of our immigrants are admitted merely because they have relatives here. Many of these people are not immediate…
— Ronald Reagan
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I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and…
— C.S. Lewis
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Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.
— Johannes Kepler
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You're not supposed to be admitted to America if you're likely to be a charge on the public - if…
— Jeff Sessions
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I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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What you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond your control. But your fear…
— Marion Zimmer Bradley
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