Quotes of Fontenelle - somelinesforyou

“ A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness. ”

- Fontenelle

“ To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says. ”

- Fontenelle

“ To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A beautiful woman is the hell of the soul, the purgatory of the purse, and the paradise of the eyes. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness. ”

- Fontenelle

“ To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness. ”

- Fontenelle

“ To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A beautiful woman is the hell of the soul, the purgatory of the purse, and the paradise of the eyes. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A beautiful woman is the hell of the soul, the purgatory of the purse, and the paradise of the eyes. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place. ”

- Fontenelle

“ To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says. ”

- Fontenelle

“ To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place. ”

- Fontenelle

“ A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place. ”

- Fontenelle

“ To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says. ”

- Fontenelle
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