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

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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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...

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...

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

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom...

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom...

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...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry,...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry,...

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

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

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.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies...

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies...

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...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

If my ceiling fan could hold my weight, I would never be bored again.

If my ceiling fan could hold my weight, I would never be bored again.

The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open...

The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open...