I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at...

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

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.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are...

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are...

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

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...

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...

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

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.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

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

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

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

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...

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...

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your...

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your...

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it...

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it...