French Sayings And Quotes

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“There are those who get nothing out of their fortune other than the fear of losing it”
– Rivarol

” Il y a des gens qui n’ont de leur fortune que la crainte de la perdre – There are those who get nothing out of their fortune other than the fear of losing it”
– Rivarol

“It takes great skill to hide the fact that you have great skill”
– Rochefoucauld

“Mad are labelled those who do not take part in the common madness”
– Roland

“Generally speaking, the people who know little speak a lot and the people who know a lot speak little”
– Rousseau

“Meanness comes from weakness”
– Rousseau

” Aimer et être aimé sera la grande affaire de toute notre vie”
– Rousseau

“He who has a good heart can never be a fool”
– Sand

“It’s not so much being rich that makes one happy, it’s becoming rich that does”
– Stendhal

” Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything”
– Steve Martin

“We were given speech to hide our thoughts”
– Talleyrand

“Necessity saves us the embarrassment of having to make a choice”
– Vauvenargues

“The greatest thoughts come from the heart”
– Vauvenargues

“Les grandes pensées viennent du coeur – The greatest thoughts come from the heart”
– Vauvenargues

“Pride is the consolation of the weak”
– Vauvenargues

“Courage is the art of being frightened and not showing it”
– Véron

“The true philosopher expects nothing from others and offers them the best he can give them”
– Voltaire

“You cannot desire what you do not know”
– Voltaire

” Le travail éloigne de nous trois grands maux: l’ennui, le vice et le besoin – Work delivers us from three great evils: boredom, vice and want”
– Voltaire

“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game”
– Voltaire

“Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road”
– Voltaire

“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living”
– Voltaire

“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us”
– Voltaire

” Le prix d’Amour, c’est seulement Amour”
– Voltaire

“Work delivers us from three great evils: boredom, vice and want”
– Voltaire

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