A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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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.

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no...

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no...

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native...

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native...

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at...

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at...

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and...

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek...

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

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

The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to...

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to...

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

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

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

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

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

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

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money,...

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money,...

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of...

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of...

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...

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.