Consiste Quotes 

La foi consiste à croire ce que la raison ne croit pas.
Voltaire
Share

More Consiste Quotes 

Si l'on recherche en quoi consiste pre  cise  ment le plus grand bien de tous, qui doit e"  tre le fin de tout syste'  me de le  gislation, on trouvera qu'il se re  duit a'   ces deux objets principaux, la liberte   et l'e  galite  . If we enquire wherein lies precisely the greatest good of all, which ought to be the goal of every system of law, we shall find that it comes down to two main objects, freedom and equality.


— 1762  Du contrat social (The Social Contract), bk.2, ch.11 (translated by M Cranston).

Tags: l'on, recherche, quoi, pre, ment, plus, grand, bien, doit

Share
twitter

L'originalité consiste à essayer de faire comme tout le monde sans y parvenir.

raymond radiguet

— Translation: Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.
— As quoted by Jean Cocteau in his acceptance speech to the Académie Française (October 1955)

Tags: essayer, faire, comme, tout, monde, parvenir

Share
twitter

La puissance ne consiste pas à frapper fort ou souvent, mais à frapper juste.

honoré de balzac

— Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.Part I, Meditation V: Of the Predestined, aphorism XLIII

Tags: puissance, frapper, fort, souvent, mais, juste

Share
twitter

Il y a deux labyrinthes fameux où notre raison s’égare bien souvent:;: l'un regarde la grande question du libre et du nécessaire, surtout dans la production et dans l'origine du mal:;; l'autre consiste dans la discussion de la continuité et des indivisibles qui en paraissent les éléments, et où doit entrer la considération de l'infini.

gottfried leibniz

— There are two famous labyrinths where our reason very often goes astray. One concerns the great question of the free and the necessary, above all in the production and the origin of Evil. The other consists in the discussion of continuity, and of the indivisibles which appear to be the elements thereof, and where the consideration of the infinite must enter in.
Essais de Théodicée: Préface] (1710)

Tags: deux, notre, raison, bien, souvent, l'un, regarde, grande, question

Share
twitter

L'acte poétique consiste à voir soudain qu'une idée se fractionne en un nombre de motifs égaux par valeur et à les grouper; ils riment .

stéphane mallarmé

— The poetic act consists in suddenly seeing that an idea splits into a number of motives of equal value and in grouping them; they rhyme.
"Crise de Vers", La Revue Blanche (September 1895) as translated in Mallarmé : The Poet and his Circle ([1999] 2005) by Rosemary Lloyd, p. 231

Tags: potique, voir, qu'une, ide, nombre, motifs, gaux, par, valeur

Share
twitter

En général, l’art du gouvernement consiste à prendre le plus d’argent qu’on peut à une grande partie des citoyens, pour le donner à une autre partie.

voltaire

— In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other."Money" (1770).

Tags: gnral, lart, gouvernement, prendre, plus, dargent, quon, grande, partie

Share
twitter

Entendia que há larga ponderação de males e bens, e que a arte de viver consiste em tirar o maior bem do maior mal.

joaquim maria machado de assis

— He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.
— Iaiá Garcia (1878) ch. 3; Albert I. Bagby, Jr. (trans.) Iaiá Garcia (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1977) p. 23.

Tags: que, h, larga, males, bens, arte, viver, em, tirar

Share
twitter
  • Dictionary
  • Thesaurus
  • Examples
    • See in a sentence
    • Example articles
  • Quotes
    • Famous Quotes
    • Quote Articles
  • Spanish
    • Spanish-English Translation
    • Reference
  • Reference
    • Education
    • ESL
    • Grammar
    • Abbreviations
    • Biography
    • Books & Literature
    • Examples
    • Foreign Languages
    • Resources
    • Slideshows
  • Word Finder
    • 4 Pics 1 Word Answers
    • Anagram Solver
    • Scrabble Dictionary
    • Unscramble
    • Word Cookies Cheat
    • Scrabble Checker
    • Words With Friends Cheat
    • More Games
Share
  • Dictionary
  • Thesaurus
  • Examples
    • See in a sentence
    • Example articles
  • Quotes
    • Famous Quotes
    • Quote Articles
  • Spanish
    • Spanish-English Translation
    • Reference
  • Reference
    • Education
    • ESL
    • Grammar
    • Abbreviations
    • Biography
    • Books & Literature
    • Examples
    • Foreign Languages
    • Resources
    • Slideshows
  • Word Finder
    • 4 Pics 1 Word Answers
    • Anagram Solver
    • Scrabble Dictionary
    • Unscramble
    • Word Cookies Cheat
    • Scrabble Checker
    • Words With Friends Cheat
    • More Games
Share
  • Home
  • Quotes
  • consiste quotes
Send your feedback to YourDictionary
Get our free Amazon Alexa Skills!

Join YourDictionary today

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Please set a username for yourself.
People will see it as Author Name with your public flash cards.