Guillaume de Villefroy Quotes

VILLEFROY, Guillaume de Quotes

(1690-1777), French orientalist

Self-Love

Self-love is the most delicate and the most tenacious of our sentiments: a mere nothing will wound it, but nothing can kill it.

The shadow of the sun is largest, when his beams are lowest. On the contrary, we are always least when we make ourselves the greatest.

In all time self-love has blinded the wisest.