The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Alain René le Sage

5 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.— filed under Prosperity
And one may say that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.— filed under Wit
March 10, 1746. What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly. Attributed to ISOCRATES by ALAIN— filed under Chilo
Facts are stubborn things.— filed under Archimedes
On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire. One may say that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.— filed under Wit
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