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The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear.
Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion.
Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.
Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.
My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years?
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.
A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.
Each natural agent works but to this end,- To render that it works on like itself.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Heraldry has been contemptuously termed 'the science of fools with long memories.'
Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.
Each of us has a day .. when he has to accept, finally, the fact that he is a man.
On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.
My opinion is a view I hold until... well, until I find something that changes it.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
They are only safe That know to soothe the prince's appetite, And serve his lusts.
It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.
There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.
Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one.
Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.
Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.
In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it.
Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.
Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.
They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave, And only cowards dare affront a woman.
God in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees.
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.
I account this world a tedious theater, For I do play a part in 't 'gainst my will.
Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.
Revenge, that thirsty dropsy of our souls, makes us covet that which hurts us most.
Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]