Emilie du Chatelet Professions : Mathematician Born : December 17, 1706 Died : September 10, 1749 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Emilie du Chatelet love of learning is the most necessary passion ... in it lies our happiness. It's a sure remedy for what ails us, an unending source of pleasure. Emilie du Chatelet passion learning lying To be happy, one must rid oneself of prejudice, be virtuous, healthy, and have a capacity for enjoyment and for passion. Emilie du Chatelet passion healthy happiness Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers. Emilie du Chatelet flower path trying Let us decide on the route that we wish to take to pass our life, and attempt to sow that route with flowers. Emilie du Chatelet flower wish happiness Self-love is always the mainspring, more or less concealed, of our actions; it is the wind which swells the sails, without which the ship could not go. Emilie du Chatelet self love-is wind Similar Authors Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch mathematician Brahmagupta mathematician Augustus De Morgan mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician Atle Selberg mathematician Arthur Cayley mathematician All Authors
