Small: I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians
Charles de Gaulle
"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
Small: All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling
Blaise Pascal
"All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
Small: Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
Small: You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing
"You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
Small: In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate
"In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
Small: A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again
"A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again"
Jean Renoir, Director
Small: Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves
Ernest Dimnet
"Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves"
Ernest Dimnet, Priest
Small: You find me at work excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself
"You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us
Madame de Stael
"We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us"
Madame de Stael, Writer
Small: The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs
Voltaire
"The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: It is not enough to conquer one must learn to seduce
Voltaire
"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe
Voltaire
"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real
Victor Hugo
"The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: People do not lack strength they lack will
Victor Hugo
"People do not lack strength; they lack will"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers t
Victor Hugo
"There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: The flesh is the surface of the unknown
Victor Hugo
"The flesh is the surface of the unknown"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon
Napoleon Bonaparte
"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
Small: History is a set of lies agreed upon
Napoleon Bonaparte
"History is a set of lies agreed upon"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
Small: Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
Small: Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
Small: The word impossible is not in my dictionary
Napoleon Bonaparte
"The word impossible is not in my dictionary"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
Small: Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep
Albert Camus
"Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
Small: I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted
Jean-Paul Sartre
"I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
Small: I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of
Michel de Montaigne
"I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
Small: The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs
Charles de Gaulle
"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
Small: Law, without force, is impotent
Blaise Pascal
"Law, without force, is impotent"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
Small: If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a pa
Blaise Pascal
"If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
Small: Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unplea
Blaise Pascal
"Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
Small: Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too and
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
Small: The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even
"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
Small: It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action,
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
Small: We are all born marked for evil
Charles Baudelaire
"We are all born marked for evil"
Charles Baudelaire, Poet
Small: Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see
"Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see"
Henri Rousseau, Artist
Small: Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value
"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value"
Ferdinand Foch, Soldier
Small: Audacity, more audacity, always audacity
Georges Jacques Danton
"Audacity, more audacity, always audacity"
Georges Jacques Danton, Revolutionary
Small: The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty
"The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty"
Francois Guizot, Historian
Small: But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding
Marc Bloch
"But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding"
Marc Bloch, Historian
Small: The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the publi
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money"
Alexis de Tocqueville, Historian
Small: When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion
Voltaire
"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: I do not agree with what you have to say, but Ill defend to the death your right to say it
Voltaire
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"
Voltaire, Writer
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