You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.


Charles de Gaulle

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A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and m...
CHARLES DE LINT
An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on bor...
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
Nails can be varnished, But they also claw. (Ongles peuvent être vernis, - Mais ils griffent aussi....
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Judas did not make only one kiss. (Judas n'a pas fait qu'une seule bise)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Shoe strangles the foot. But it advances. (La chaussure étrangle le pied. - Mais elle fait avancer)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Close the door by leaving." Close the mouth by dying ... ("Ferme la porte en partant." - Ferme la bo...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The black clouds make the black sea. (Les nuages noirs - Font la mer noire)”
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The Smile of a Child enlarge the universe. (D'un enfant le sourire - Agrandit l'univers)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
A kiss on one cheek makes her blush both cheeks. (Un bisou sur une joue - Fait rougir les deux joues...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Revenge tightens the heart as much as the jaw. (La vengeance serre le cœur - Autant que la mâchoir...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
A heart of stone is a sculpture? (Un cœur de pierre - Est une sculpture ?)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Binoculars see from far when near the eyes. Far from self, near the heart, in love. (Les jumelles vo...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatalit...
CHARLES DE SECONDAT
They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very...
CHARLES DE SECONDAT
Kissing hides the lips; but shows our love. (S'embrasser cache les lèvres ; - Mais montre notre amo...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
One kiss, two lips. One love, two bodies. (Un baiser, ce sont deux lèvres. - Un amour, ce sont deux...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.
CHARLES DE LINT
If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to ...
CHARLES DE SECONDAT
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
CHARLES DE LINT
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
Historians conquer the past, not the future. (Les historiens conquièrent - Le passé, non l'avenir)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans.
CHARLES DE SECONDAT
The waves lie down on the beach; Your hair on your back of angel. (Les vagues s’allongent sur la p...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The medals of the dead heroes are the coins for the future. (Les médailles des héros morts - Sont ...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenti...
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
Rail longer than train cars ; and the hope than our reasons. (Rail plus long que les wagons ; - Et l...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the politic...
CHARLES DE SECONDAT
Dinosaurs were big ; likewise, their bones. (Dinosaures furent grands ; - De même, leurs ossements....
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The werewolf by the moon. The wererat by money. (Loup garou par la lune. - Rat garou par les thunes....
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Cat would be god for elephant, if it ate mouse in front. (Chat serait dieu de l'éléphant, - S'il m...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
“We do not hide the truth in eternity. (On ne cache pas le vrai - Dans l'éternité.)”
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU