52 Quotes About French-writer

Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

Blind and unwavering indiscipline at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.

The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what our contemporaries have left him of his desert.

I was at that time like a fledgling swallow living high up in a niche in the eaves, who from time to time peeps out over the top of its nest with its little bright eyes.

Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of to-day - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us, that the most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.