Quotes by
Pierre Claude Boiste |
Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste, 1765-1824 , French lexicographer
French lexicographer who is most famous as the editor of the Dictionnaire universel de la langue française, first published in 1800. The dictionary was revised, expanded and republished 15 times. | 17 quotes | 1,486 visits |
Quotations
| • | We can tell how little God cares about wealth by the way he distributes it. 7 |
| • | The strong usually suffer without complaining, while the weak complain without suffering. 7 |
| • | He who has lost confidence can lose nothing more. 6 |
| • | He who speaks sows. He who listens, gathers the crop. 4 |
| • | The first step in ingratitude is to try to understand the motives of the benefactor. 4 |
| • | Countries without winter have no spring. 3 |
| • | Write the insults on the sand, engrave the good they do to you on marble. 3 |
| • | The one who holds the chain is no freer than the one who drags. |
| • | Talking to fools is like lighting a torch for the blind. |
| • | Honor women! They strew celestial roses on the pathway of our terrestrial life. |
| • | The great would not think themselves demigods if the little did not worship them. |
| • | You can only crush what is crawling. |
| • | The Epicurean finds all that is not excellent detestable. |
| • | A beautiful woman dies twice. |
| • | Freedom does not like crowds. |
| • | It is more glorious to overcome oneself than to overcome others. |
| • | Constant disbelief is too high a price to pay in order not to be deceived. |
