ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE QUOTES
French poet and jurist (1811-1883)
Duplicity is necessary in daily life, in that it covers many unpleasant things from sight, so they may not disturb the pleasure of others.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
attributed, Day's Collacon
He was a free thinker, and had little faith in God, although his name was constantly on his lips. He had lived too long, and mixed too much with men, to believe that God meddles much with the affairs of this world; on the other hand, he had a strong belief in the devil, of whom he stood in great fear.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
God alone is true; God alone is great; alone is God.
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Abdallah
Art is infinite.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
To live in God is death; to die in God is life.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
All the vices lead to fortune when they are joined with the vilest of all--avarice. This is the secret of life.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
Remain steadfast in the faith; instruct yourself; bridle your tongue; repress your wrath; forbear to do evil; associate with the good; screen the faults of your neighbour; relieve the poor by your alms; and expect your reward in eternity.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
One thing alone was lacking to this favourite of fortune, and disturbed his happiness: he had no children. When he passed before the shop of a poor tradesman, and saw the father surrounded by young sons, the hope and pride of the house, he sighed with regret and envy, and on his return he shut himself up in his warehouse, forgot his pipe, and, instead of telling his beads or reciting the verses of the Koran, slowly stroked his white beard, reflecting with terror in his heart that old age was approaching, and that he should leave none of his flesh and blood behind him to carry on the business after he was gone.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
The day of death ... is one of the five mysteries, the key of which God holds in his own hands.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
Words are naught but wind, and the fairest promises like dreams that take flight with the morning.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
Satan is cunning and man is weak, but God rules the heart of his faithful, and does what he will.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
The first day a man is a guest, the second a burden, the third a pest.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
Abdallah
With patience everything comes in due season.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
attributed, Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical