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Gil Blas (1715)
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Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.
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I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little more taste.
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A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
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The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.
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It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.
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Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
May 6, 1668
Died:
November 17, 1747
(aged 79)
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