In vain we shall penetrate more and more deeply the secrets of the structure of the human body, we shall not dupe nature; we shall die as usual.More Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.More Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

A work of morality, politics, criticism will be more elegant, other things being equal, if it is shaped by the hand of geometry.More Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest virtue.More Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

We must always skim over pleasures. They are like marshy lands that we must travel nimbly, hardly daring to put down our feet.More Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]