4 quotes found
“Poverty has in its favour an exquisite sleep filled with beautiful dreams.”
“So, my dear fellow, if I don't believe in God, I believe still less in man.”
“In Paris, when certain people see you ready to set your foot in the stirrup, some pull your coat-tails, others loosen the buckle of the strap that you may fall and crack your skull; one wrenches of...”
“He became...the ideal of that virtue which delights in its own work...doing everything with simplicity and dignity, for he seemed to realize that his objective added nobility to everything he did.”
