FastSaying
The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them to be so, not because we have seen them for what they are.
Jacques Bossuet
Related Quotes
To know one's self, one must go all the way to horror.
— Jacques Bossuet
Ah! the perfidious English! [Fr., Ah! la perfide Angleterre!]
— Jacques Benigue Bossuet
England
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
— Jacques BeNigne Bossuet
The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak.
— Jacques BeNigne Bossuet
It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty. [Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle qui coute a vaincre la pudeur.]
— Jacques Benigue Bossuet
Beginnings