Alain Rene Le Sage
Alain Rene Le Sage
Alain-René Lesagewas a French novelist and playwright. Lesage is best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks, his comedy Turcaret, and his picaresque novel Gil Blas...
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inspirational running soul
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty.
knowledge doubt
Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.
taken giving enthusiasm
Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.
memories shining may
It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.
memories son shining
On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).
expression greek devil
Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.
staff
Plain as a pike-staff.
pride men sin
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
justice pay fine-things
Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
rivers contentment sides
Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.
risk great-person flatterer
A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
talking evil want
Evil tongues never want a whet.
women passion talking
The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.
thinking contentment easy
I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.