The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing. — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body… — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side. — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness… — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his… — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
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… — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think… — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory. — Alain-Rene Lesage Copy Share Image
