He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery. |
He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it. |
He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad. |
He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool |
His face bespoke his soul |
History is fables agreed upon. |
History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes |
History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead |
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. |
How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think! |
How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite. |
I advice you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying you annuities. |
I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left. |
I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, - astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc. It is very important to note that some 2,500 years ago at the least Pythagoras went from Samos to the Ganges to learn geometry...But he would certainly not have undertaken such a strange journey had the reputation of the Brahmins' science not been long established in Europe. |
I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. |