16 Quotes by Alain-René Lesage

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

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

A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

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

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).

Plain as a pike-staff.

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.