|
|
| A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood |
| Uncategorized |
|
| A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. |
| Diplomacy; Love |
|
| A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. |
| Insults; Wisdom |
|
| According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat |
| Food; Philosophy |
|
| Age will bring all things, and everyone knows, Madame, that twenty is no age to be a prude. |
| Uncategorized |
|
| Ah that I- You would have it so, you would have it so; George Dandin, you would have it so! This suits you very nicely, and you are served right; you have precisely what you deserve. |
| Uncategorized |
|
| Ah! Valere, all men say the same thing to women; all are alike in their words; their actions only show the difference that exists between them |
| Uncategorized |
|
| All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. |
| Dancing; Leadership; Mankind |
|
|
|
| Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man. |
| Uncategorized |
|
| And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says. |
| Uncategorized |
|
| Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly |
| Uncategorized |
|
| Assassination's the fastest way. |
| Murder |
|
| Birth is nothing where virtue is not |
| Birth |
|
|
|
| Cover that bosom. I must not see it. Souls are wounded by such things, and they arouse wicked thoughts. |
| Uncategorized |
|
| Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain |
| Debt |
|
| Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood. |
| Communication |
|
| Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows. |
| Charity |
|
| Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. |
| Uncategorized |
|
