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A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.Bernard De Fontenelle
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Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.Bernard De Fontenelle
3 Quotes & Sayings By Bernard De Fontenelle
Bernard de Fontenelle was a Huguenot philosopher and writer, born in Dieppe on June 8, 1657. He was educated at the Jesuit college at La Flèche, and studied law at the Oratorian college of Montaigu before going on to the Sorbonne. In 1686, he met Pierre Bayle, who had been a pupil of Descartes, and after the death of Cartesius became an ardent defender of skepticism. He was made professor of philosophy at Port Royal (now Annapolis), but was forced to leave France in 1703 during the reign of Louis XIV
He died in London on December 20, 1755. His works include Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (1686), The Original of Nature (1688), The World (1696), Dialogues concerning Ideas (1704), The System of Nature (1724).