I detest war: it ruins conversation.
Bernard Fontenelle quote Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature!
Bernard Fontenelle quote It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much
Bernard Fontenelle quote It is beauty that begins to please, and tenderness that completes the charm
Bernard Fontenelle quote A beautiful woman is the hell of the soul, the purgatory of the purse, and the paradise of the eyes
Bernard Fontenelle quote Biography
Lived 1657-1757
