Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse

Quotes

• “It is the merit of those who praise that makes the value of the commendation.”
• “To envy anybody is to confess ourselves his inferior.”
• “To love is to make a compact with sorrow.”
• “In love, great pleasures come very near great sorrows.”
• “Benevolence rejuvenates the heart, exercise, the memory, and remembrance, life.”
• “Calumny spreads like an oil-spot: we endeavor to cleanse it, but the mark remains.”

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