“Criticism is easy, and art is difficult.”
La critique est aisée, et l'art est difficile.
Glorieux, II, 5, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 150.
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“Women always have some mental reservation.”
Les femmes ont toujours quelque arrière pensée.
Dissipateur, V, 9, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 888.
“Drive the natural away, it returns at a gallop.”
Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop.
Glorieux, IV, 3, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 545. Idea in La Fontaine, Fables, Book II. 18. "Chassez les prejugés par la porte, ils rentreront par la fenêtre." As used by Frederick the Great, Letter to Voltaire (March 19, 1771).
