Quotes by
Duc de Levis |
Pierre-Marc-Gaston Duc de Levis, 1764-1830 , French politician & author of maxims
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Quotations
| • | He who is never happy will never be happy. 5 |
| • | Nobility obligates. Noblesse oblige. (meaning: nobility or a high position extends beyond titles and requires fulfillment of social responsibilities especially in leadership roles) 4 |
| • | Repress, you will have less to punish. 4 |
| • | It is even easier to judge a man's mind by his questions than by his answers. 3 |
| • | The past is settled, the present eludes you, think of the future. 3 |
| • | Money is like time: do not waste it, you'll always have enough. 3 |
| • | Idleness is the rust of the soul. 3 |
| • | Fear and hope share life; pleasure and pain occupy only moments. 3 |
| • | Criticism is a tax that envy perceives on merit. 2 |
| • | Everything is relative, except the infinite. 2 |
| • | You think you are modest. I did not know you so proud. 2 |
| • | To govern is to choose. 2 |
| • | Attention is the chisel of memory. 2 |
| • | The only guarantee of a long peace between two states is mutual impotence to harm one another. 2 |
| • | Of all the feelings, the most difficult to pretend is pride. 2 |
| • | How many desires are decorated with the name of wills. 2 |
| • | One can love more than once, but not the same person. 2 |
| • | In confessing one’s mistakes, one puts reason in the present and wrong in the past. 2 |
| • | Most of the trouble happens so quickly because we’re halfway there. 2 |
| • | It is easy enough to find a mistress, and easy to keep a friend; what is difficult is to find a friend and keep a mistress. 2 |
