Home
logo
English German French
language
André Comte-Sponville

Quote of André Comte-Sponville - Good is not something to contemplate...


Biography - André Comte-Sponville:

French philosopher.
Born: 1952
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

Good is not something to contemplate; it is something to be done.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le bien n'est pas à contempler ; Il est à faire.
André Comte-Sponville - Petit traité des grandes vertus

German
Wir sollen das Gute nicht betrachten; wir sollen es tun.
André Comte-Sponville - Ermutigung zum unzeitgemäßen Leben. Ein kleines Brevier der Tugenden und Werte



See also 

See also...



It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
René Descartes - Discourse on the Method

All good maxims are in the world. We only need to apply them.
Blaise Pascal - Pensées

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Marcus Aurelius

Do not wait to be perfect to start something good.
Abbé Pierre

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
Francis Bacon

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach



Quotes for: good


Quotes

Quotes for: good


The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 





Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Emile, or On Education / 





To do good needs no consideration.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Iphigenia in Tauris / 





The best is the enemy of good.
Voltaire - Philosophical Dictionary / 





How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice / 





For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / 






All good quotes...




Quotes

André Comte-Sponville also said...


We have need of morality only for want of love.
André Comte-Sponville / 





One is not born, but rather becomes, free.
André Comte-Sponville - Présentations de la philosophie / 





The opposite of humility is pride, and all pride is ignorance.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues / 





Happiness is the goal of philosophy. Or to be more precise, the goal of philosophy is wisdom, and therefore happiness.
André Comte-Sponville / 





Be confident: Truth is not the end of the way, it is the way itself.
André Comte-Sponville - Présentations de la philosophie / 





Philosophize, to think your life and to live your thoughts: for that is what philosophy is.
André Comte-Sponville / 







More quotes...





info   A quotation is a statement taken out of its context. Therefore, it is necessary to place any quotation within its author's work and its historical, geographical or philosophical context in order to fully understand its meaning. | The quotations stated on this site express their authors' opinion and do not reflect that of Buboquote.com


info   Image attribution:  title, author, license and source of the original file on Wikipedia. Modifications: changes have been made from the original file (cropping, resizing, renaming and color change).



logo

 Subscribe to the quote of the day email

Subscribe to the Quote of the Day to receive a quote every day in your inbox. It is spam-free and you can unsubscribe at any time. Subscribe to the quote of the day email