Emilie du Chatelet Quotes
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To be happy, one must rid oneself of prejudice, be virtuous, healthy, and have a capacity for enjoyment and for passion.
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Let us decide on the route that we wish to take to pass our life, and attempt to sow that route with flowers.
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love of learning is the most necessary passion ... in it lies our happiness. It's a sure remedy for what ails us, an unending source of pleasure.
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Self-love is always the mainspring, more or less concealed, of our actions; it is the wind which swells the sails, without which the ship could not go.
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Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers.
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Emilie du Chatelet
- Born: December 17, 1706
- Died: September 10, 1749
- Occupation: Mathematician