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  • 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.

    "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book VIII, Chapter 9, 1735.
  • Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.

  • Plain as a pike-staff.

    Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.910, The Floating Press
  • The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.

    Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.549, The Floating Press
  • Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

    Pride   Men   Sin  
    "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book VII, Chapter 3, 1735.
  • 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.

  • A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

    "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book IV, Chapter 7, 1735.
  • Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.

    Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.983, The Floating Press
  • On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).

  • Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.

  • It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.

    Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.263, The Floating Press
  • Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.

    1707 Crispin rival de son ma|"tre, pt.9.
  • Evil tongues never want a whet.

    Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.198, The Floating Press
  • I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.

    Alain René Lesage (18??). “Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Le Sage”
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