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Wit does not take the place of knowledge. - [Wit] Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. [Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.] - Pensees Diverses (no. 372, Gilbert's ed., 1857, vol. I, p. 475) [Philosophy] If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good. - Reflections and Maxims [Government : Vice] The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures. [Fr., Le fruit du travail est le plus doux des plaisirs.] - Reflexions (200) [Work] Indolence is the sleep of the mind. [Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.] - Reflexions (390) [Idleness] Patience is the art of hoping. [Fr., La patience est l'art d'esperer.] - Reflexions (CCLI) [Patience] The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little. [Fr., Le sot est comme le peuple, qui se croit riche de peu.] - Reflexions (CCLX) [Folly] We must expect everything and fear everything from time and from men. [Fr., Il faut tout attendre et tout craindre du temps et des hommes.] - Reflexions (CII) [Fear] The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good. [Fr., Les merchants sont toujours surpris de trouver de l'habilete dans les bons.] - Reflexions (CIII) [Ability] The maxims of men reveal their characters. [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.] - Reflexions (CVII) [Proverbs (General)] Great thoughts come from the heart. [Fr., Les grandes pensees viennent du coeur.] - Reflexions (CXXVII) [Thought] The conscience of the dying belies their life. [Fr., La conscience des mourants calomnie leur vie.] - Reflexions (CXXXVI) [Conscience] When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected. [Fr., Lorsqu'une pensee est trop faible pour porter une expression simple, c'est la marque pour la rejeter.] - Reflexions (III) [Thought] It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. [Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme il veut l'etre.] - Reflexions (LXVII) [Vanity] Prosperity makes few friends. [Fr., La proserite fait peu d'amis.] - Reflexions (XVII) [Prosperity] One can not be just if one is not humane. [Lat., On ne peut etre juste si on n'est pas humain.] - Reflexions (XXVIII) [Justice] Clearness ornaments profound thoughts. [Fr., La clarte orne les pensees profondes.] - Reflexions et Maximes (4) [Style] Obscurity is the realm of error. [Fr., L'obscurite est le royaume de l'erreur.] - Reflexions et Maxims (5) [Style] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author: << Prev 1 [2]
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