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Small: Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unplea
Blaise Pascal
"Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
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Small: Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too and
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
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Small: Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much
Blaise Pascal
"Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
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Small: We are all born marked for evil
Charles Baudelaire
"We are all born marked for evil"
Charles Baudelaire, Poet
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Small: Until one has loved an animal a part of ones soul remains unawakened
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened"
Anatole France, Novelist
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Small: Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich
Sarah Bernhardt
"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich"
Sarah Bernhardt, Actress
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Small: A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn
"A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn"
Claude Debussy, Composer
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Small: Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world
"Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world"
Jean-Luc Godard, Director
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Small: Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see
"Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see"
Henri Rousseau, Artist
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Small: The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty
"The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty"
Francois Guizot, Historian
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Small: The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the publi
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money"
Alexis de Tocqueville, Historian
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Small: Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society
"Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society"
Jacques Ellul, Philosopher
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Small: When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion
Voltaire
"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: I do not agree with what you have to say, but Ill defend to the death your right to say it
Voltaire
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest
Voltaire
"Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them
Victor Hugo
"The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them"
Victor Hugo, Author
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Small: A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing
Victor Hugo
"A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing"
Victor Hugo, Author
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Small: Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent
Victor Hugo
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent"
Victor Hugo, Author
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Small: It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes
Victor Hugo
"It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes"
Victor Hugo, Author
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Small: Initiative is doing the right thing without being told
Victor Hugo
"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told"
Victor Hugo, Author
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Small: Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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Small: Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference
Albert Camus
"Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
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Small: Blessed are the hearts that can bend they shall never be broken
Albert Camus
"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
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Small: Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying com
Albert Camus
"Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
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Small: Acting is happy agony
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Acting is happy agony"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
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Small: When the rich wage war, its the poor who die
Jean-Paul Sartre
"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
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Small: No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point
Jean-Paul Sartre
"No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
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Small: My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened
Michel de Montaigne
"My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Small: Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head
Michel de Montaigne
"Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Small: Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop
Charles de Gaulle
"Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
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Small: China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese
Charles de Gaulle
"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
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Small: Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare
"Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosophe
"One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: I dont paint things. I only paint the difference between things
Henri Matisse
"I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things"
Henri Matisse, Artist
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Small: We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
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Small: The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman
Honore de Balzac
"The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
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Small: I hate books they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
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Small: How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
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Small: Business? Its quite simple its other peoples money
Alexandre Dumas
"Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money"
Alexandre Dumas, Dramatist
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