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A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

A fop sometimes gives important advice.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church. [Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise, Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.]

A warmed-up dinner was never worth much.

Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse.

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside.

I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet a rogue.

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

Happy the poet who with ease can steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.

Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with poverty everything becomes frightful.

Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout?

He pleases every one but can not please himself.

No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.

Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.