“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.”
Men“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”
Respect“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.”
Men“We are rarely proud when we are alone.”
Alone“I hate women because they always know where things are.”
Women“The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.”
Great“The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.”
Best“It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.”
Good“Tears are the silent language of grief.”
Sympathy“Society therefore is an ancient as the world.”
Society“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”
Friendship“History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.”
History“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.”
Alone“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.”
Beauty“If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.”
God“Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors but they are seldom or ever inventors.”
Women“It is vain for the coward to flee death follows close behind it is only by defying it that the brave escape.”
Death“What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.”
Famous“It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.”
Future“Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.”
Alone“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead.”
Great“I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.”
Truth