Alain-Rene Lesage Quotes

• Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.

  Alain-Rene Lesage

  Knowledge, Doubt

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Contentment, Easy

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

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• 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.

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  Inspiración, Correr, Alma

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• The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.

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  Women, Passion, Talking

  Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.549, The Floating Press

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• ¿Le gustaría ser un brillante conversador? Dé rienda suelta a su entusiasmo natural y diga lo que se le ocurra. Tu temeridad será tomada por un coraje extraordinario.

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  Taken, Giving, Enthusiasm

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• Evil tongues never want a whet.

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  Talking, Evil, Want

  Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.198, The Floating Press

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• Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

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  Pride, Men, Sin

  "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book VII, Chapter 3, 1735.

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

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  Memories, Shining, May

  Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.263, The Floating Press

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• A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

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  Risk, Great Person, Flatterer

  "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book IV, Chapter 7, 1735.

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• Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.

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  Rivers, Contentment, Sides

  Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.983, The Floating Press

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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.

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  Expression, Greek, Devil

  "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book VIII, Chapter 9, 1735.

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• Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.

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  Justice, Pay, Fine Things

  1707 Crispin rival de son ma|"tre, pt.9.

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• 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).

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  Memories, Son, Shining

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• Plain as a pike-staff.

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  Personal

  Alain-Rene Lesage (2011). “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane”, p.910, The Floating Press

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