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- Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
- In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.
- I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that tied them together.
- I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention.
- The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.
- There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but…
- Their pupils and their little charges are not nourished and fed by what they learn: the learning is passed from hand to hand with only…
- .. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist in, they wanted…
- In his commerce with men I mean him to include- and that principally- those who live only in the memory of books. By means of…
- Learning must not only lodge with us: we must marry her.
- Man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from…
- We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.
- No two men ever judged alike of the same thing, and it is impossible to find two opinions exactly similar, not only in different men…
- I never rebel so much against France as not to regard Paris with a friendly eye; she has had my heart since my childhood... I…
- Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by…
- Only he can judge of matters great and high whose soul is likewise.
- I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.
- It takes so much to be a king that he exists only as such. That extraneous glare that surrounds him hides him and conceals him…
- And one might therefore say of me that in this book I have only made up a bunch of other people's flowers, and that of…
- The only thing certain is nothing is certain.
- I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion.
- God is favorable to those whom he makes to die by degrees; 'tis the only benefit of old age. The last death will be so…
- We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem…
- Nature has with a Motherly Tenderness observed this, that the Action she has enjoyned us for our Necessity should be also pleasant to us, and…
- There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling, but…
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