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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.


Charles de Secondat

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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