Paul Valéry
View AuthorIn every discussion, it's not a thesis that is defended but oneself.
Voltaire
View AuthorOne misplaced word spoils the most beautiful thought.
Voltaire
View AuthorThe newspapers are the archives of trifles.
Voltaire
View AuthorThe nature makes men eloquent in great passions and great interests.
Voltaire
View AuthorIt is only possible to affirm in geometry.
Voltaire
View AuthorMetaphysical discussions are like balloons filled with air; when the bladders burst, one observes how the air comes out and nothing is left.
Voltaire
View AuthorThere are those who only use words to disguise their thoughts.
William George Ward
View AuthorKnowing how to listen is the best remedy against loneliness, loquacity, and laryngitis.
Frank Zappa
View AuthorMusic journalism consists of people who can't write interviewing people who can't speak for people who can't read.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorThe newspaper is a shop where the words of the same color as desired are sold to the public.
Harry Mulisch
View AuthorTranslating to American English, the phrase would be: 'Using someone's name during a conversation was like a casual caress, like when you stroke someone's hair.'
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorI detest bad maxims more than bad actions.