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

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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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 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.

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame;...

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame;...

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,...

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its...

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its...

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

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

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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