Doubt springs from the mind; faith is the daughter of the soul.
Quotes from Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
1792–1870 Switzerland
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Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
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The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant.
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An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.
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Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat.
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How many wells of science there are in whose depths there is nothing but clear water!
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In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others.
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Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue with bigots.
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People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.
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Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded.
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Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.
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There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one’s dearest friends.
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Without big words, how could many people say small things?
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Women always find their bitterest foes among their own sex.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
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