Alain-Rene Lesage on breath
Alain-Rene Lesage17 quotes · See all“The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.”
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The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Plain as a pike-staff.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage 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.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist?
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage Evil tongues never want a whet.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.
Alain-Rene LesageAlain-Rene Lesage 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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