Pleasure is the flower that fades; remembrance is the lasting perfume.
—Stanislas de Boufflers
Topics: Remembrance, Memory, Memories, Pleasure
Metaphysics is the anatomy of the soul.
—Stanislas de Boufflers
The higher we rise, the more isolated we become; all elevations are cold.
—Stanislas de Boufflers
Topics: Solitude
Ignorance is a prolonged infancy, only deprived of its charm.
—Stanislas de Boufflers
Topics: Ignorance
Glory is safe when it is deserved; it is not so with popularity; one lasts like a mosaic; the other is effaced like a crayon drawing.
—Stanislas de Boufflers
Topics: Popularity
Jealousy is the sister of love, as the devil is the brother of angels.
—Stanislas de Boufflers
Topics: Jealousy
Oblivion is a second death, which great minds dread more than the first.
—Stanislas de Boufflers
To reason about love is to lose reason.
—Stanislas de Boufflers
Topics: Reason
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- John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn British Statesman
- Alphonse de Lamartine French Poet, Politician, Historian
- Benjamin Franklin American Founding Father, Inventor
- Henry L. Stimson American Political leader
- Dante Alighieri Italian Poet, Philosopher
- Adolf Hitler German Fascist Dictator
- Mohandas K. Gandhi Indian Hindu Political leader
- Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading English Humanitarian
- Nelson Mandela South African Political leader
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