Classicism
Classicism is an intellectual or artistic movement that has shaped the ideas of many notable thinkers throughout history.
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"Moliere's Verses Plays - Publication, Statistics, Words Research"
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🇫🇷Jean Racine
Literature
Classicism
1639–1699
"Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."
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🇫🇷Jean de La Bruyère
Philosophy
Classicism
1645–1696
"Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable."
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🇫🇷Charles Perrault
Literature
Classicism
1628–1703
"...Open anything you want. Go anywhere you wish. But I absolutely forbid you to enter that little room, and if you open it so much as a crack, nothing will protect you from my wrath."
11 quotes
Molière
Literature
Classicism
1622–1673
"Moliere's Verses Plays - Publication, Statistics, Words Research"
2 quotes
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
Philosophy
Classicism
1657–1757
"Fontenelle's Dialogues of the Dead Tr. John Hughes"
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Joseph Haydn
Music
Classicism
1732–1809
"Give Him thanks, all ye His works so wondrous! Sing His honor, sing His glory, bless and magnify His Name! Jehovah’s praise endures forevermore, Amen, Amen!."
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Notable Quotes
"...Open anything you want. Go anywhere you wish. But I absolutely forbid you to enter that little room, and if you open it so much as a crack, nothing will protect you from my wrath."
— Charles Perrault, b. 1628View →
"Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."
— Jean Racine, b. 1639View →
"Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance."
— Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, b. 1657View →
"Now, the Priests who belonged to the Temples, scorn'd to use the same Customs in common with these Gypsies; for they thought themselves to be a nobler and graver sort of Fortune-tellers; which makes a mighty difference, I'll assure you, in this great affair."
— Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, b. 1657View →
"It is more reasonable to remove error from truth, than to venerate error because it is mix'd with truth."
— Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, b. 1657View →