ALAIN-RENÉ LESAGE

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Facts are stubborn things.

Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.

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

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

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

Plain as a pike-staff.

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).

A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

I am happy and content because I think I am.

I am happy and content because I think I am.

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

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.

Facts are stubborn things.

Plain as a pike-staff.

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

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.

A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

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

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.

Evil tongues never want a whet.

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).

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