It is better to lose a province than to divide the forces with which victory is expected.
I am firmly convinced that one only loses one's freedom through one's own weakness.
Mahatma Gandhi
"The shadow that moves me also illuminates me"
Zé Ramalho
As for sexes, I only know two: one that claims to be sensible, the other that proves to us that this is not true.
Pierre Marivaux
Knowledge of the world can only be acquired in the world, not in a closet.
Philip Chesterfield
Dissimulate: virtue of king and chambermaid.
Voltaire