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Charles de Saint-Evremond Quotes

French soldier and critic (d. 1703), Birth: 1-4-1610, Death: 29-9-1703
1.
The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.
Charles de Saint-Evremond

2.
Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.
Charles de Saint-Evremond

3.
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Charles de Saint-Evremond

4.
The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.
Charles de Saint-Evremond

5.
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.
Charles de Saint-Evremond

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6.
A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his will; and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.
Charles de Saint-Evremond

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It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was.
Charles de Saint-Evremond