Vilify! Vilify! Some of it wil...

Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick.

To make a living, craftiness i...

To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.

To obtain a woman who loves yo...

To obtain a woman who loves you, you must treat her as if she didn't.

I would rather worry without n...

I would rather worry without need than live without heed.

I grant men the land, the gove...

I grant men the land, the government, the wealth, all the chances. I accept that you have to hold all the cards, since that's the only way you know how to play; but I refuse to swallow your disrespect.

Be commonplace and creeping an...

Be commonplace and creeping and you'll be a success.

Plays, gentlemen, are to their...

Plays, gentlemen, are to their authors what children are to women: they cost more pain than they give pleasure.

A writer's inspiration is not ...

A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day.

The same wind that extinguishe...

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.

Be commonplace and creeping, a...

Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]

It is not necessary to retain ...

It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning
them.
[Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir les choses pour en
raisonner.]

Everything ends with songs.

Everything ends with songs.
[Fr., Tout finit par des chansons.]

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I hasten to laugh at everythin...

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to
weep.
[Fr., Je me hate de me moquer de tous, de peur d'etre oblige d'en
pleurer.]

What silly people wits are!

What silly people wits are!
[Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]

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Calumniate, calumniate; there ...

Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which
sticks.
[Fr., Calumniez, calumniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.]

That which is not worth speaki...

That which is not worth speaking they sing.
[Fr., Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante.]

I quickly laugh at everything,...

I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry.

I quickly laugh at everything ...

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

Where love is concerned, too m...

Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.

It is not necessary to underst...

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.