The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Smile, Smiles, Longer, Flower
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Mirror, Looks, Superior, Monkeys
The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Tiptoe, Walks, His, Materialist
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
Will, Right, Talking, Whereas
The flower is a jumble of thighs, the sun's harem - the most oriental thing imaginable.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Thighs, Most, Harem, Imaginable
Women make us poets, children make us philosophers.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Children, Poets, Make, Philosophers
The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Mind, Own, Ways, Distracted
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
Mind, Before, Sleeps, Faces
The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Think, More, Them, Forces
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
Distance, Sometimes, Wider, Ear
Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Never, Expression, Which, Coincide
The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Night, Never, Which, Court
Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Face, Over, Regional, Laughter
Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Men, Talking, Eat, Talk
We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Waiting, More, Always, Admit
Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
- Malcolm de Chazal
Art, God, Up, Nature
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