Mathieu

“To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.”
― Talleyrand

“I realised that all the things which were the source and object of my anxiety held nothing of good or evil in themselves save in so far as the mind was influenced by them,”
― Baruch Spinoza, Ethics: with The Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect and Selected Letters

“Vis chaque instant comme si c'était le dernier. Vis chaque instant comme si c'était le premier.”
― Alain Damasio, La Horde du Contrevent

“We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
― Albert Einstein