We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acq

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Miscellaneous
category

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. – Thomas Fuller

Category:
Miscellaneous

Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way. – Dr. Seuss

Category:
Miscellaneous

Hate the sin and love the sinner. – Mohandas Gandhi

Category:
Miscellaneous

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. – Sydney Smith

Category:
Miscellaneous

Random Quotes

Sometime theyll give a war and nobody will come. – Carl Sandburg

Category:
War

I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough theyd take sympathy on me. – Daniel Johns

Category:
Sympathy

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. – George Bernard Shaw

Category:
Food

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
best