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Jean-François Marmontel Quotes

1723–1799 France

Jean-François Marmontel (11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799) was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement.

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It is not permitted to all men to be great, but all can be good.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime.

Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)

Heaven and hell are in the heart of the man.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

If one does not possess what one loves, one should love what one has.

Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)

As a rule the ridiculous touches the sublime, and to follow the line of demarcation between them without ever overstepping it requires constant watchfulness.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

Where can one be better than in the bosom of one's family?

In the immeasurable realms of error truth is but a point. Who has seized this single point?

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

Where can one better be
Than in the bosom of one's family?

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

Eloquence is in the soul, not in the tongue."

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

Time that's so short with mortal sloth doth move
Whene'er the soul its moments idly counts:
'Tis by toil only that on wings it mounts.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

I recover my property wherever I find it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean-François Marmontel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.