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Alain-René Lesage quotes
The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.
Alain-René Lesage
Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.
Alain-René Lesage
It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.
Alain-René Lesage
A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
Alain-René Lesage
Plain as a pike-staff.
Alain-René Lesage
In order to know the worth of a virtuous husband, is it not necessary for the wife to be dispirited herself? First, give her a young man of twenty, and not only will she be fine, she'll have a reasonable husband.
Alain-René Lesage
I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little more taste.
Alain-René Lesage
Facts are stubborn things.
Alain-René Lesage
To forbid wine to a man of your type is the same as forbidding women to a man of a different sort.
Alain-René Lesage
A smart daughter ought not to examine her future husband too closely. She ought to consider it a pleasure to find one agreeable to her father.
Alain-René Lesage
A good doctor pursues his calling without any regard to a bad result. Otherwise, teaching in medical school might be called into question and where would we be then?
Alain-René Lesage
Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.
Alain-René Lesage
Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
Alain-René Lesage
I don't know any more than you what the future will hold. But my point of view is different. You see despair and I see cause for hope. I read the future in a way that is more agreeable than you do.
Alain-René Lesage
I am happy and content because I think I am.
Alain-René Lesage
