“What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.”
Famous“Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?”
Experience“What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.”
Famous“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.”
God“Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.”
Faith“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”
Respect“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“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
Good“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“The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.”
Best“In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.”
Good“I hate women because they always know where things are.”
Women“We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.”
Gardening“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.”
Imagination“Business is the salt of life.”
Business“Nature has always had more force than education.”
Education“One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.”
Great“What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking.”
Power“The superfluous, a very necessary thing.”
Funny“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“When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.”
Money“The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.”
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