Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

Topics: Mind Quotes

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to...

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to...

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better...

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better...

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel...

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel...

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just...

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just...

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's...

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's...

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there...

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there...

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and...

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and...

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed,...

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed,...

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest...

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest...

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.