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Christina of Sweden
There is a...
There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate...
Life becomes useless...
Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies.
God has neither...
God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is...
It is necessary...
It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as...
As you know,...
As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to...
Dignity is like...
Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.
Source:...
Nuns and married...
Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.
Source: Maxims,...
I love men,...
I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women.
Source:...
We grow old...
We grow old more through indolence, than through age.
Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in...
Fools are more...
Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in Pensees...