“The fulfilment of our desires does not always take us away from our ruin.”

Original: L'accomplissement de nos désirs ne nous éloigne pas toujours de notre perte. — Getting what we want can sometimes bring consequences more dangerous than the original frustration. · Regards sur le monde actuel (French)

• Danger
• Desire
• Fate

“Ask always for proofs; proof is the elementary politeness we owe one another.”

Original: Demandez toujours des preuves, la preuve est la politesse élémentaire qu'on se doit. — Evidence is treated not merely as a logical requirement but as a form of respect between people. · Monsieur Teste (French)

• Courtesy
• Evidence
• Reason

“The ease of something explains nothing; vice has paths as arduous as those of virtue.”

Original: La facilité n'explique pas tout; et le vice a ses sentiers aussi ardus que ceux de la vertu. — Difficulty and effort are not reliable indicators of moral value or human worth. · Tel quel (French)

• Difficulty
• Morality
• Virtue