Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils...
Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:
French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
Note
Maxim 22
Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about philosophy:
To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.
Happiness is the goal of philosophy. Or to be more precise, the goal of philosophy is wisdom, and therefore happiness.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Quotes about the past:
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Quotes about the present:
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Quotes about the future:
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
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