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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Fontenelle

A beautiful woman is the “hell” of the soul, the “purgatory” of the purse, and the “paradise” of the eyes.

A well-cultivated mind is, so to say, made up of all the minds of the centuries preceding.

Ce sont les passions qui font et qui défont tout—It is the passions that do and that undo everything.

I might have my hand full of truth, and open only my little finger.

Si j’avais la main pleine de vérités, je me garderais bien de l’ouvrir—If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.