“All styles are good except the tiresome kind.”
Good“God gave us the gift of life it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
Birthday“All styles are good except the tiresome kind.”
Good“The best is the enemy of the good.”
Best“It is forbidden to kill therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
War“Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?”
Experience“All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.”
Men“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“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
Life“What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.”
Age“Nature has always had more force than education.”
Education“We are all full of weakness and errors let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.”
Nature“When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.”
Money“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.”
Death“The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.”
Great“God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”
God“To hold a pen is to be at war.”
War“Tears are the silent language of grief.”
Sympathy“Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.”
Truth“It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.”
God“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”
Friendship“History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.”
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