- Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
- People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
- The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
- To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.
- To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
- Hell is truth seen too late.
- It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.
- The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy.
- A good critic is one who narrates the adventures of his mind among masterpieces.
- The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop without training.
- To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
- An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.
- The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
- When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
- I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
- In art as in love, instinct is enough.
- All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
- You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
- You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
- I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much.
- One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.
- Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
- If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
- What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation."
- Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work.
- I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.
- The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
- Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
- What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation. Add to my book
- Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
- If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
- Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of others have made their neighbors very miserable.
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