Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

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...

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...

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

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...

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

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

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a...

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it...

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it...

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay...

The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay...

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely...

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely...

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...

The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only...

The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only...

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

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

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

I'm no syllogism incarnate, but my wife makes me look like Immanuel Kant.

I'm no syllogism incarnate, but my wife makes me look like Immanuel Kant.