“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”
Friendship“The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.”
Work“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”
Friendship“It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.”
Love“He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.”
Sad“I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.”
Truth“The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.”
God“Common sense is not so common.”
Intelligence“To hold a pen is to be at war.”
War“Fear follows crime and is its punishment.”
Fear“When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.”
Money“It is forbidden to kill therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
War“It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.”
Future“He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.”
Age“If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.”
God“One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.”
Great“History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.”
History“In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.”
Art“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
Art“All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.”
Men“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.”
Men“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.”
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