Dimnet, Ernest quotes
1866-1954 French ClergymanThe happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
Dimnet, Ernest
Happiness
The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.
Dimnet, Ernest
History and Historians
Ideas are the roots of creation.
Dimnet, Ernest
Ideas
Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.
Dimnet, Ernest
Life and Living
Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room.
Dimnet, Ernest
America