Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Quotes
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It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.
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Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste; some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.
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I only study the things I like; I apply my mind only to matters that interest me. They'll be useful-or useless-to me or to others in due course, I'll be given-or not given-the opportunity of benefiting from what I've learned. In any case, I'll have enjoyed the inestimable advantage of doing things I like doing and following my own inclinations.
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He who leaves the game wins it.
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We must start human society from scratch; as Francis Bacon said, we must recreate human understanding.
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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
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Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate.
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If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter: The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
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Bachelors' wives and old maids' children are always perfect.
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The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.
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Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.
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The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.
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Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.
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Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.
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All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.
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There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
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The poor are the blacks of Europe.
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Women of the world crave excitement.
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All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions.
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Satire is the disease of art.
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Someone has said that to plagiarise from the ancients is to play the pirate beyond the Equator, but that to steal from the moderns is to pick pockets at street corners.
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Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection.
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The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.
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There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.