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“Ignorance is the mother of all evils.”
“When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.”
“We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.”
“Half the world does not know how the other half lives.”
“There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.”
“Misery is the company of lawsuits.”
“No clock is more regular than the belly.”
“I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.”
“I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.”
“The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!”
“If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.”
“When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.”
“How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?”
“Frugality is for the vulgar.”
“I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.”
“Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish.”
“How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?”
“Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.”
“If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.”
“Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.”