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Malcolm De Chazal
French
Writer
About the author
Women make us poets, children make us philosophers.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Children
#Poets
#Women
Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Talk
#Eating
#Men
#Talking
#Women
We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Smile
#Eyes
We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#God
#Waiting
The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Heart
#Mind
#Concern
The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Smiles
A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Right
#Will
#Man
#Talking
#Women
#Quiet
The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Man
#Measure
The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Day
#Family
#Night
#Justice
#Court
Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Man
#First
#Men
#Mind
#Body
#Animals
#Faces
Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#God
#Art
#Nature
The flower is a jumble of thighs, the sun's harem - the most oriental thing imaginable.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Sun
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Men
Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Words
#Expression
#Animals
The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Ugly
Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
Malcolm De Chazal,
French
Writer
#Smile
#Laughter