Alphonse Daudet quotes

Hatred is the anger of the weak. (Alphonse Daudet)
Pain is always new to the sufferer, but loses its originality for those around him. View quote
Alphonse Daudet
You see, my children, when the corn is ripe it must be cut; when the wine is drawn it must be drunk. View quote
Alphonse Daudet
Children are like men, the experience of others does not help them. View quote
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That's fame: just a cigar with the hot end and ash in your mouth. View quote
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The man of the Midi does not lie, he deceives himself. He does not always speak the truth but he believes he speaks it. View quote
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Where would be the merit if heroes were never afraid? View quote
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The epithet should be the mistress of the substantive, never its lawful wife. View quote
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You will see that the only liar in the Midi, if there is one, is the sun; everything that he touches he exaggerates. View quote
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How many men with libraries over which one might write "For external use", as on druggists' labels. View quote
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Distrust the man who smiles before he speaks. (Alphonse Daudet)
Men grow old, but they do not ripen. View quote
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It is clever the way death reaps and gathers its harvests, but what somber harvests. Whole generations do not fall at once; that would be too sad, too visible. But bit by bit. The meadow is attacked on several sides at the same time. One day, one will go; the other, some time after; one must reflect, glance about oneself to notice the empty spaces, the vast contemporary killing. View quote
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There is no law, in literature, against picking up a rusty weapon; the important thing is to be able to sharpen the blade and to reforge the hilt to fit one's hand. View quote
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At fifteen years, twenty at most, one has "come from the press". View quote
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Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children. View quote
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