Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.
ALAIN-RENE LESAGEIt may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.
More Alain-Rene Lesage Quotes
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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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Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist?
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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.
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Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head.
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I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances.
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Evil tongues never want a whet.
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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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Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
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Plain as a pike-staff.
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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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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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Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
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I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.
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A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
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