Author Nationality

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

Nationality : French

We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.

Nationality : French

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

Nationality : French

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

Nationality : French

You have to wake up a virgin each morning.

Nationality : French

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Nationality : French

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.

Nationality : French

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.

Nationality : French

If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.

Nationality : French

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.

Nationality : French