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

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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

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

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

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...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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 see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

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.

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...

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

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

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

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?

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

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

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is...

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is...

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.