Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Bitterness Quotes, Patience Quotes

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years...

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...