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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. - [Happiness] A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself. - [Writers] All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. - [Change] All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious. - [History] Gamblers play just as lovers make love and drunkards drink-- blindly and of necessity, under domination of an irresistible force. - [Gambling] He despises men with tenderness. - [Despise] He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice. - [Prejudice] History is an Art and should be written with imagination. - [History] I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of images to trouble the souls and change the hearts of men. - [Books] If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. - [Folly] In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing. - [Wealth] Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. - [Innocence] Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. - [Irony] It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. - [Action] It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown. - [Ability] Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned. - [Justice] Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin. - [Religion] The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. - [Virtue] The majestic equality of laws forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread. - [Equality] To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - [Belief] To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all. - [Imagination] Unhappiness does make people look stupid. - [Unhappiness] We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent. - [Drugs] We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best. - [Conceit] When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it. - [Speech] Displaying page 1 of 2 for this author: Next >> [1] 2
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