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

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

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

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

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

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...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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.

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel...

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel...

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...

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

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

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

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

Love and friendship exclude each other.

Love and friendship exclude each other.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

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.

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

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

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.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a...

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a...

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...

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...