Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles Quotes

• The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Giving, Promise, Despair

  "A Mother's Advice to Her Daughter". Book by Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, 1728.

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• The first rule for speaking well is to think well.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Thinking, Speaking Well, Speech

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• We live with our defects as with the odors we carry about us: we do not perceive them, but they incommode those who approach us.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Odor, Defects, Approach

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• Politeness costs little and yields much.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Yield, Cost, Littles

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• The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another: I want your approbation, you stand in need of mine. By forsaking the converse of men, we forsake the virtues necessary for society; for when one is alone, one is apt to grow negligent; the world forces you to have a guard over yourself.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Men, Over You, Soul

  "A Mother's Advice to Her Son". Book by Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, 1726.

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• Temperance adds zest to pleasure.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Zest, Add, Pleasure

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• Nos gusta conocer la debilidad de las personas eminentes; nos consuela de nuestra inferioridad.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Weakness, Inferiority, Persons

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• Perfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it can only be preserved among estimable persons, it forces us to resemble them. You find in friendship the surety of good counsel, the emulation of good example, sympathy in our griefs, succor in our distress.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Friendship, Grief, Perfect

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• One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought to consider it.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Age, Duty, Valuable

  "Essays on Friendship and Old-Age". Book by Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, translated by Eliza Ball Hayley, p. 121, 1780.

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• Would you be esteemed? Live with persons that are estimable.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Personas

  "Essays on Friendship and Old-Age". Book by Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, translated by Eliza Ball Hayley, p. 57, 1780.

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• Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Simplicity, Pretence

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• We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Mean, Forgiving, Want

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• The most necessary disposition to relish pleasures is to know how to be without them.

  Ana Teresa de Marguenat de Courcelles

  Moderation, Pleasure, Disposition

  "A Mother's Advice to Her Son". Book by Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, 1726.

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