Stanisław Leszczyński



Stanisław Leszczyński (20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire (a rank bestowed by Emperor Frederick III on the Leszczyński family).

Quotes

 * Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
 * "Reflections on different Subjects of Morality, in The Universal Magazine (1765), p. 119.

Maxims and Moral Sentences

 * Quotes collected by and reported in Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of François de La Rochefoucauld (New York and London, W. Gowans, 1851), pp. 153-186.''


 * It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.


 * Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.
 * No. 2.


 * To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.
 * No. 4.


 * Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes joy.
 * No. 8.


 * Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.
 * No. 15.


 * Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.
 * No. 36.


 * Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.
 * No. 43.


 * Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?
 * No. 56.


 * To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.
 * No. 61.