Meandering in strawberries . . .

Today is the birthday of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (February 11, 1657 – January 9, 1757), scientist and author.

"It is the passions that do and undo everything."
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

"A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness."
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

"A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only the one single mind educated by all previous time."
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

""What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up."
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

"There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women."
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

"If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it."
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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