Gallotte French Quotes & Sayings

Confucious and the Madman (excerpt)

The cinnamon tree is edible: so it is cut down!
The lacquer tree is profitable: they maim it.
Every man knows how useful it is to be useful.
No one seems to know
How useful it is to be useless. — Thomas Merton

I gave up before birth. — Samuel Beckett

Doing good does not excuse us from doing better. — Howard Buffett

The noble grotesque involves the true appreciation of beauty. — John Ruskin

With a camera, one has to love individual cases. — Robert Adams

The bravery founded upon the hope of recompense, upon the fear of punishment, upon the experience of success, upon rage, upon ignorance of dangers, is common bravery, and does not merit the name. True bravery proposes a just end, measures the dangers, and, if it is necessary, the affront, with coldness. — Francois De La Noue

I can't imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven. — Rick Warren