Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon Quotes

• The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

  Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

  Inspirational, Women, Adversity

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• Sin is not so sinful as hypocrisy.

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  Hypocrisy, Sin

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• There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

  Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

  Love, Friendship, Opposites

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• Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.

  Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

  Disrespect, Triumph, Way

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• Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

  Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

  Pain, Evil, Pleasure

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• Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..."

  Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

  Hope, Goes On

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• It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.

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  Inspirational, Positive, Hope

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• Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it.

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  Philosophy, Greatness, May

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• Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.

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  Comfort, Trouble

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• Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

  Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

  Love, Grace, Delicacy

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• Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?

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  Life, Journey, Venture

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• three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.

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  Marriage, Unhappy, Three

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