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"It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory."
Alain René le Sage / Gil Blas. Book iii. Chap. xi.
Gil Blas. Book iii. Chap. xi.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little more taste."
Alain René le Sage / Gil Blas. Book vii. Chap. iv.
Gil Blas. Book vii. Chap. iv.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly."
Alain René le Sage / Gil Blas. Book viii. Chap. ix.
Gil Blas. Book viii. Chap. ix.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Plain as a pike-staff."
Alain René le Sage / Gil Blas. Book xii. Chap. viii.
Gil Blas. Book xii. Chap. viii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain