Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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

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

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

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

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money,...

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money,...

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.

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

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

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

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...

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.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

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

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...

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...

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...

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 first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a...

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a...

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to...

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to...

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

Unlike children in other countries, the Eskimos played no game of war. They played with...

Unlike children in other countries, the Eskimos played no game of war. They played with...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.