Malesherbes Quotes & Sayings

The greatest truths are commonly the simplest. — Guillaume-Chretien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes

And we all know how ladies get minks ... "
Popsy and Sandra chorused the answer together. "The same way minks get minks! — Suzy Duffy

He couldn't offend the gods with a pointed stick. — Megan Whalen Turner

It's a shame, but also for kids it's so easy now for them to download it to their phone and listen to it everywhere. If you go to Lille Eurostar station there is music playing: Why? What's the point? It's like showing someone a movie on a small crappy screen. It should be sounding good! There's a lot of noise pollution, in that sense. — Stephen Dewaele

To what gods is sacrificed that rarest and sweetest thing upon earth, friendship? To vanity and to interest. — Guillaume-Chretien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes

The thought of eternity consoles for the shortness of life. — Guillaume-Chretien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes

He who reckons ten friends has not one. — Guillaume-Chretien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes

You have made Commerce a god that weighs on humanity like a twenty-four-pound boil on a man's back (117-118) — Walter Mosley

I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make a change. — Alanis Morissette

We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own. — Isaac Barrow

When I turn on my central air conditioner, I feel like, "Wow, I really have come a long way." Or buying the super expensive organic raw food for my dogs, and I remember when I had to buy the cheapest big bag of kibble. So I think for me it's often in terms of comfort. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

There's nothing you can do about growing older, and I should know. But growing up? That's entirely at your own discretion. — Nick Moseley

Life is mere chance only when one allows it to be — Matthew Woodring Stover

I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides. — Richard Cobden

Oh, I know, I know that heart, that wild but grateful heart, gentlemen of the jury! It will bow before your mercy; it thirsts for a great and loving action, it will melt and mount upwards. There are souls which, in their limitation, blame the whole world. But subdue such a soul with mercy, show it love, and it will curse its past, for there are many good impulses in it. Such a heart will expand and see that God is merciful and that men are good and just. He will be horror-stricken; he will be crushed by remorse and the vast obligation laid upon him henceforth. And he will not say then, 'I am quits,' but will say, 'I am guilty in the sight of all men and am more unworthy than all.' With tears of penitence and poignant, tender anguish, he will exclaim: 'Others are better than I, they wanted to save me, not to ruin me! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran. — John C. Stennis

My eyes widened in disbelief," Wow,I never took you as a one night stand, player type of guy, Reece."
"No, idiot."Reece snapped. "I mean, I've never even been with a girl. Ever."
And with that, I died and went to happy land, with rainbow unicorns and -
Wait. Hold up.
"But that means that your first kiss..."
I trailed, not being able to believe this.

"Was with you." Reece finished, looking away, shy all of a sudden — Hasti Williams