Joseph Chenier quotes

Joseph Chenier quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”
“Apparently, an undocumented side effect of dope is a gross overestimation of one's own intelligence. Dopers become convinced they've hidden their stash so well a cop won't find it. They're always wrong.”

Source : Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.51, Macmillan
“Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.”
“Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get rewards.”
“The color of truth is gray.”
“A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.”
“We taste Thee, O Thou Living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead And thirst our souls from Thee to fill.”
“A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.”
“Unlike the masses, intellectuals have a taste for rationality and an interest in facts.”
“Genius is always more suggestive than expressive.”

Source : Abel Stevens (1881). “Madame de Staël: A Study of Her Life and Times: the First Revolution and the First Empire”

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