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french liked
When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming. Thomas Mars
french-philosopher men society union
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. Charles de Secondat
french-philosopher ought power
Power ought to serve as a check to power. Charles de Secondat
french-philosopher
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit. Charles de Secondat
french-philosopher paradise sensible stop wanting
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there. Charles de Secondat
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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer. Charles de Secondat
french-philosopher men rogues
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people. Charles de Secondat
french-philosopher greater name shield
There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. Charles de Secondat
french people
There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever. Karl Lagerfeld
passion numbers study
It is always noteworthy that all those who seriously study this science [the theory of numbers] conceive a sort of passion for it. Carl Friedrich Gauss
passion sky littles
Her face was working and twitching with passion, but his looked up at the sky, still quiet, neither angry nor afraid, but a little sad. C. S. Lewis
passion night years
Are not lifelong friendships born at the moment when at last you meet another human being who has some inkling (but faint and uncertain even in the best) of that something which you were born desiring, and which, beneath the flux of other desires and in all the momentary silences between the louder passions, night and day, year by year, from childhood to old age, you are looking for, watching for, listening for? You have never had it. C. S. Lewis
passion creative energy
Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion. Agnes de Mille
passion dancer technique
Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion. Agnes de Mille
passion political wasps
An historian without political passions is as rare as a wasp without a sting. Agnes Repplier
passion oats dirt
The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions, as it is the latest. Charles Dudley Warner
passion desire taste
The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times. Charles de Gaulle
passion equality want
Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality Charles de Gaulle
thirsty pretzels
These pretzels are making me thirsty! Jerry Seinfeld
thirst feels investigators
I am an investigator by inclination. I feel a great thirst for knowledge. Immanuel Kant
truth mathematical-equations discovery
If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries. Carl Friedrich Gauss
truth philosopher corny
When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false. Carl Friedrich Gauss
truth naked nudity
There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth. Agnes Repplier
truthful wonderful guidance
If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance. Charlie Chaplin
truth men hands
Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final. Charles Sumner
truth greatness men
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. Charles Dickens
truth light lines
Truth can hardly be expected to adapt herself to the crooked policy and wily sinuosities of worldly affairs; for truth, like light, travels only in straight lines. Charles Caleb Colton
truth roots errors
It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors Charles Caleb Colton
truth honesty integrity
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another. Charles Caleb Colton