Life Quote by Gabriel Chevallier

“What saves doctors' reputations is the fact that many illnesses are benign and that people can go on living with a large number of…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“The desire for carnal possession quickly cools, whereas the desire to own land never quits the heart of man.”

— Gabriel Chevallier

“My county? Another concept to which you attach from a distance a rather vague ideal. You want to know what "my country" really is?…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“Men were snoring, twitching and whimpering, struggling with nightmares less terrible than reality.”

— Gabriel Chevallier

“For the wine of Clochemerle is at once exquisite and treacherous; it charms first the nose, then the palate, finally the entire man. Mark…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“I had been astonished to find myself in the middle of the war yet not be able to find it, unable to accept that…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“Women all have the same female pretentions and even the most virtuous among them like to convince themselves that they can tempt a man.”

— Gabriel Chevallier

“The death of the Curé Ponosse occurred in the vintage month, when his beloved Clochemerle was impregnated with the odour of new wine, in…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“They had also brought in a piece of human scrap so monstrous that everyone recoiled at the sight, that it shocked men who were…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“There were, in Clochemerle, a number of lady 'invalids', their conversation one long jeremiad concerning their health, who had worn out their husbands and…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“Men are stupid and ignorant. That is why they suffer. Instead of thinking, they believe all that they are told, all that they are…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“Once again was it proved that the designs of Providence are impenetrable and that the sinner, climbing out of the pit of his filthiness,…

— Gabriel Chevallier