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• Facts are stubborn things. -- Alain Rene Le Sage (1668-1747) -- Gil Blas, Book x, Chap. i
• 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 Rene Le Sage (1668-1747) -- Gil Blas, Book viii, Chap. ix...
• It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.
  -- Alain Rene Le Sage (1668-1747) -- Gil Blas, Book iii, Chap. xi...
• I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little more taste.
  -- Alain Rene Le Sage (1668-1747) -- Gil Blas, Book vii, Chap. iv...
• Facts are stubborn things. -- Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) -- Translation of Gil Blas, Book x, Chap.
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• The point is plain as a pike-staff. -- John Byrom (1691-1763) -- Epistle to a Friend
• Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.
  -- Epictetus (c. 60 AD) -- Discourses, Book i, Chap. xii...
• We have here other fish to fry. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. xii
• Plain as the nose on a man's face. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book iii, Chap.
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