Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
ALAIN-RENE LESAGEI am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances.
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I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances.
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Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil’s back is spent under his belly.
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Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.
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Evil tongues never want a whet.
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It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.
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Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.
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Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist?
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A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
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Plain as a pike-staff.
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Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.
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Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head.
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The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.
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On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).
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I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.
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Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
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