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(1533—1592), French essayist
It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.
(1533—1592), French essayist
Sits he on never so high a throne, a man still sits on his bottom.
(1533—1592), French essayist
Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
(1533—1592), Works, Book II, "Apology for Raimond Semond"
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
Essays, 1580
When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened
U.S. journalist, author of The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen--but I keep trying to tell them.
They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.