Frases de Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

“Só grandes almas sabem a grandeza existe na caridade.”

Politique Tirée de l'Écriture Sainte Politique Tirée de l'Écriture Sainte

“O inexorável tédio está no cerne da vida.”

citado em "Quote Unquote: A Handbook of Quotations" - Page 96 - by M. P. Singh - 2007
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“Não há acaso no governo das coisas humanas, e a fortuna é apenas uma palavra que não tem sentido algum.”

From M.A. Couturier, Se Garder Libre

“Não falemos mais de acaso e de sorte, ou então citemo-los apenas para ocultar a nossa ignorância”

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Fonte: Citações da Cultura Universal - Página 21, Alberto J. G. Villamarín, Editora AGE Ltda, 2002, ISBN 8574970891, 9788574970899

“The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak.”

Let us stop talking of chance or luck or at most speak of them as mere words that cover our ignorance. <br class="br">Jacques Bossuet citado em Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmology, página 28 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=XQO4AJOGtSIC&pg=PT28, R. C. Sproul - Baker Books, 1999, ISBN 1441231587, 9781441231581 <br class="br">Atribuídas

Jacques Bénigne Bossuet: Frases em inglês

“The inexorable boredom that is at the core of life.”

Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1709)

“Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw.”

As quoted in A Book of French Quotations (1963) edited by Norbert Guterman

“Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.”

Quoted in "The Forbes Book of Business Quotations" (1997) by Edward C. Goodman, Ted Goodman , p. 411

“In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.”

Quoted in Quote Unquote : A Handbook of Quotations (2007) by M. P. Singh, p. 96

“Nature, or to speak in more Christian fashion, God, the common Father of men, from the outset gave equal rights to all his children to all the things they needed to preserve their lives. None of us can boast of being more privileged than the rest by nature; but through the insatiable desire to amass wealth, it became impossible for this beautiful brotherhood to endure for long in the world. Men had to resort to division and possession, which resulted in constant quarrels and litigation; of this were born the words 'mine' and 'thine'—such cold terms, as the admirable St. John Chrysostom remarks—of this, too, was born the great diversity of conditions, some living in affluence in every respect, others languishing in penury.”

Politics Drawn from the very words of Holy Scripture edited by Patrick Riley (1990) http://books.google.com/books?id=3jiGsoP_ExgC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=%22In+the+midst+of+the+disguises+and+artifices+that+reign+among+men,+it+is+only+attention+and+vigilance+that+can+save+us+from+surprises.%22&source=bl&ots=4D_c7UqG_l&sig=22Djfz_VN-rbiENWgWqpn4s93KI&hl=en&ei=mDZ7S-vRHqX20wSg8t2pCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22In%20the%20midst%20of%20the%20disguises%20and%20artifices%20that%20reign%20among%20men%2C%20it%20is%20only%20attention%20and%20vigilance%20that%20can%20save%20us%20from%20surprises.%22&f=false <br class="br">Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1709)