Michel Eyquem

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that read more

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater
pleasures.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true
courage.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true
courage.

The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.

The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.

My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never
happened.

My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never
happened.

The thing I fear most is fear.

The thing I fear most is fear.