It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor...

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor...

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...

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...

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

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

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

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...

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...

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very...

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very...

A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.