Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.


Charles de Secondat

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The less men think, the more they talk.
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If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.
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Deliberation is the function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Judas did not make only one kiss. (Judas n'a pas fait qu'une seule bise)
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Shoe strangles the foot. But it advances. (La chaussure étrangle le pied. - Mais elle fait avancer)
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The black clouds make the black sea. (Les nuages noirs - Font la mer noire)”
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The Smile of a Child enlarge the universe. (D'un enfant le sourire - Agrandit l'univers)
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A kiss on one cheek makes her blush both cheeks. (Un bisou sur une joue - Fait rougir les deux joues...
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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Revenge tightens the heart as much as the jaw. (La vengeance serre le cœur - Autant que la mâchoir...
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A heart of stone is a sculpture? (Un cœur de pierre - Est une sculpture ?)
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Binoculars see from far when near the eyes. Far from self, near the heart, in love. (Les jumelles vo...
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Kissing hides the lips; but shows our love. (S'embrasser cache les lèvres ; - Mais montre notre amo...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
One kiss, two lips. One love, two bodies. (Un baiser, ce sont deux lèvres. - Un amour, ce sont deux...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.
CHARLES DE LINT
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
CHARLES DE LINT
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
Historians conquer the past, not the future. (Les historiens conquièrent - Le passé, non l'avenir)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The waves lie down on the beach; Your hair on your back of angel. (Les vagues s’allongent sur la p...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The medals of the dead heroes are the coins for the future. (Les médailles des héros morts - Sont ...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenti...
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
Rail longer than train cars ; and the hope than our reasons. (Rail plus long que les wagons ; - Et l...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Dinosaurs were big ; likewise, their bones. (Dinosaures furent grands ; - De même, leurs ossements....
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The werewolf by the moon. The wererat by money. (Loup garou par la lune. - Rat garou par les thunes....
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Cat would be god for elephant, if it ate mouse in front. (Chat serait dieu de l'éléphant, - S'il m...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
“We do not hide the truth in eternity. (On ne cache pas le vrai - Dans l'éternité.)”
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
I was France.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
“The drunkard who is colorblind still sees where is the wine. (L'ivrogne qui est daltonien - Voit ...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Even Jesus, three days, died. Who is strong doesn't make the strong. (Même Jésus, trois jours, est...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Eternal snows are at the top. Eyes of beautiful are at the top. (Neiges éternelles sont au sommet. ...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The stronger a woman gets, the more insecure the men in her life feel. It doesn’t work that way fo...
CHARLES DE LINT
Behind anger, is hidden the cemetery. (Derrière la colère, - Se cache le cimetière.)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The worst enemy is oneself, but I do not kill, because I love him. (Le pire ennemi, c'est soi-même,...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The animal is not afraid of the flame, but of the heat it emanates. (L'animal n'a peur de la flamme,...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
To add to golden numbers, golden numbers.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?
CHARLES DE LINT
“If the rose is beautiful flower, it is also because it opens itself. (Si la rose est belle fleur,...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The silverware shines if the sun. (L'argenterie brille - Si le soleil.
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back
CHARLES DE GAULLE