Quotes by french authors

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thought Too Having Misfortunes Come Well Fellows
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Adversity Prosperity Sleeps Bitter Remorse Consciousness
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Will First Ought He Know Most Learn First Thing Child The First Thing Endure Which Thing Need
It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosophers Shared Does Exist Exists Deny Mania Explain Ages
I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Long Respects Remained Am Still Child Many Many Respects
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. Jean-Luc Godard
Art Secret Our Only Self Most Attracts Reveals Us
Generation after generation, there is this never-ending, contemptuous, condescending attitude to the next generation or the next way of thinking: music, art, politics, whatever. And I have never been like that. Jean-Michel Jarre
Politics Attitude Music Art Generation Whatever Thinking Way Never Never-Ending Like Contemptuous Been Condescending After Next Next Generation
Saying that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say. Jean-Michel Jarre
Saying Freedom You Privacy Hide Care Freedom Of Speech Nothing Say About Because Than dont Care Different Right Speech
Most of the time, when you are in the studio, you are revealing yourself; you're a bit naked. You can express your weaknesses, your awkward way of approaching sound. Sharing these intimate moments is like inviting somebody into your private room. Jean-Michel Jarre
Time You Yourself Approaching Somebody Naked Intimate Way Bit Weaknesses Studio Sharing Inviting Like Most Revealing Sound Private Room Your Moments Express Awkward
My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking. Jean-Paul Sartre
Me Thought Think Thinking Because Exist Stop Cannot Keep Why
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat. Jean-Paul Sartre
Victory Defeat Distinguish Detail Longer
Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives. Jean-Paul Sartre
Nothing Enjoy Else Possess Abandon Object Give Gives Fact Higher Through Generosity Than Which Manner Away
For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it. Jean-Paul Sartre
Become Recount Adventure Occurrence Sufficient Necessary
I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men. Jean-Paul Sartre
God Science Men Believe Has-Been Concentration Learned Been His Existence Camp Disproved
One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day. Jean-Paul Sartre
Day Become Hours Saint Sixteen Cannot Works
Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor. Jean-Paul Sartre
Sex Endeavor Other Characters Neither Complimentary Some Highest Without Fertilization Human Capable
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. Jean-Paul Sartre
Life Finance Our Generosity Know Exercise Poor Function
If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble. Jean-Paul Sartre
Worth Trouble Single Everything Someone Hour Literature
God is absence. God is the solitude of man. Jean-Paul Sartre
God Man Solitude Absence
Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience. Jean-Paul Sartre
Experience People Own Other Adding Some Absorb Question Personalities Acting Your
True flexibility is a symbiotic partnership between employer and employee and between technology and culture. Jean-Philippe Courtois
Technology Culture True Between Employee Employer Partnership Flexibility Symbiotic
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid. Jean Anouilh
Man Fear Ugly Sight Afraid Who
Every man thinks god is on his side. Jean Anouilh
God Man Every Side His Every Man Thinks
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Happiness Humanity More New Discovery Than Dish Star
The German Doctors say that persons sensible of harmony have one sense more than others. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Doctors Sense Others Harmony Say More German Than Sensible Persons
The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence. Jean Baudrillard
Sad Artificial Intelligence Intelligence About Sad Thing Artifice Artificial Lacks Therefore Thing
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