Emile Souvestre Quotes

Émile Souvestre was a French novelist who was a native of Morlaix, Finistère. Initially unsuccessful as a writer of drama, he fared better as a novelist (he wrote a sci-fi novel, Le Monde Tel Qu'il Sera) and as a researcher and writer of Breton folklore. ...more

Birth: April 15, 1806 - Death: July 05, 1854

Stomach: A slave that must accept everything that is given to it, but which avenges wrongs as slyly as does the slave.

Topic(s): Doe , Given , Accepting

Wisdom and love do not take up their abode in the same breast.

Topic(s): Wisdom , And Love , Breasts

Celebrity sells dearly what we think she gives.

Topic(s): Thinking , Giving , Fame

Women speak in the superlative.

Topic(s): Speak , Temperament , Superlatives

The impulse to perform a worthy action often springs from our best nature, but is afterwards tainted by the spur of selfishness or sinister interest.

Topic(s): Action , Interest , Spring

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