COLLECTION OF
QUOTATIONS
ON THE INTERNET
|
|
THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF QUOTATIONS ON THE INTERNET |
| Home | Biographical Index | Reading List | Search | Site Notes | Varying Hare Books | | |||
| GIGA Quotes | Quotes by Topic | Authors by Date | | |||
|
Honest men love women; those who deceive them adore them. - [Love] It is by no means necessary to understand things to speak confidently about them. - [Understanding] I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. [Fr., Je me hate de me moquer de tous, de peur d'etre oblige d'en pleurer.] - Barbier de Seville (act I, sc. 2) [Laughter] Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks. [Fr., Calumniez, calumniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.] - Barbier de Seville (act III, 13) [Calumny] That which is not worth speaking they sing. [Fr., Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante.] - Barbier de Seville (I, 1) [Singing] What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.] - Barbier de Seville (I, 1) [Wit] Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things. [Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.] - Barbier de Seville (III, 7) [Success] It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning them. [Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir les choses pour en raisonner.] - Barbier de Seville (V, 4) [Reason] Everything ends with songs. [Fr., Tout finit par des chansons.] - Mariage de Figaro (end) [Songs]
|
|
