Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr., Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement.]

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.]

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

This workshop where ideals are manufactured--it seems to me it stinks of so many lies

A tightly woven argument is impermeable to the frigid winds of criticism.

Id you're finished picking out my flaws, maybe you'd like to tell me what you want now.I have other customers--""You.""What was that?""I Want You.

Dhaka the city of mosques has become the city of Hindu temples.

I hope this is the lesson we women really commit to memory - we learned that it doesn't work to try be someone other than who you really are.

The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.

The picture must be... a revelation, an unexpected and unprecedented resolution of an eternally familiar need.

If you jot down every silly thought that pops into your mind, you will soon find out everything you most seriously believe.

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.