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Fontenelle Quotes

«There are three things I have always loved, and never understood - painting, music, women»
«If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.»
Author: Fontenelle (Man of letter, Scientist) | Keywords: opened
«A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.»
«A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only the one single mind educated by all previous time.»
«To be happy one must have a good stomach and a bad heart»
«If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.»
«You just want to do something. You just want to stand up in a courtroom, even if it's this room, whatever this room used to be, ... As a public defender, you're in court every day, going to trial every day. You miss that.»