Alain-René Lesage Quotes

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. - View Quote Details on In order to know the worth of a virtuous husband,…
Pride and conceit were the original sin of man. - View Quote Details on Pride and conceit were the original sin of man.
I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little more taste. - View Quote Details on I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little…
It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory. - View Quote Details on It may be said that his wit shines at the…
A flatterer can risk everything with great personages. - View Quote Details on A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
To forbid wine to a man of your type is the same as forbidding women to a man of a different sort. - View Quote Details on To forbid wine to a man of your type is…
Facts are stubborn things. - View Quote Details on Facts are stubborn things.
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. - View Quote Details on I don’t know any more than you what the future…
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? - View Quote Details on A good doctor pursues his calling without any regard to…
The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing. - View Quote Details on The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a…
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. - View Quote Details on Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant…
Plain as a pike-staff. - View Quote Details on Plain as a pike-staff.
The more I have to suffer, the more my character will grow. - View Quote Details on The more I have to suffer, the more my character…
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. - View Quote Details on A smart daughter ought not to examine her future husband…