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There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

Les vrais philosophes sont comme les e le phants, qui en marchant ne posent jamais le second pied a’ terre que le premier ne soit bien affermi. True philosophers are like elephants, who when walking never placetheir second footontheground untilthefirst is steady.
BERNARD LE BOVIER DE FONTENELLE

Elephants Philosopher Steady
A man finds no sweeter voice in all the world than that which chants his praise.
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Chants Men Voice World
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.
BERNARD LE BOVIER DE FONTENELLE

Dupes Secret Usual
I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest virtue.
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Hundred Virtue Years
If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.
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Funny Hands Truth
A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time.
BERNARD LE BOVIER DE FONTENELLE

Inspirational Mind Motivation
A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.
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Elephants Feet Firsts
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.
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Husband Italian Mistress Woman
Our sun enlightens the planets that belong to him; why may not every fixed star also have planets to which they give light?
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Enlighted Future Light Stars
A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools
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Earth Fool Heaven
As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property.
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Astronomy Daughter Science
There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.
BERNARD LE BOVIER DE FONTENELLE

Art Three Understanding
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
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Neighbor Ridicule Ridiculous
I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.
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Certain Difficulty Last Words
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Special Two Veils
People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.
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Done Knowing People