54 Quotes About French-philosopher

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.

The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.

The true science and study of man is man.

As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scen.

In certain situations, there is a classical function and responsibility there that must not be avoided, even if it is just to appeal to good sense.

I believe it is always a writer who is accused of being someone who is engaged in an explanation with language, the economy of language.

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.