Courcelles Quotes & Sayings

We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

The most necessary disposition to relish pleasures is to know how to be without them. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

The first rule for speaking well is to think well. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of my mind. — Charles Ives

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. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

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. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

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. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Would you be esteemed? live with persons that are estimable. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Politeness costs little and yields much. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law. And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Life is a spiritual journey and love is the Milky Way. — Debasish Mridha

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. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Probably Providence has implanted peevishness and ill-temper in sick and old persons, in compassion to the friends or relations who are to survive; as it must naturally lessen the concern they might otherwise feel for their loss. — Laurence Sterne

She mounted the steps and took hold of the heavydoor knocker. It was shaped like a pair of angel's wings, and when she let it fall, she could hear the sound of echoing like the tolling of a huge bell. A moment later the door was yanked open, and Isabelle Lightwood stood on the threshlod, her eyes wide with shock.
"Clary?"
Clary smiled weakly. "Hi Isabelle."
Isabelle leaned against the doorjamb, her expression dismal. "Oh, crap. — Cassandra Clare

Mass advertising can help build brands, but authenticity is what makes them last. If people believe they share values with a company, they will stay loyal to the brand. — Howard Schultz

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. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Temperance adds zest to pleasure. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles