The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
At least it's better to be married than to be dead.
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
Man's greatest weakness is his love for life.
They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
How easy love makes fools of us.
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.
According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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