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

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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

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

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician...

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed,...

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed,...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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 a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom...

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom...

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...

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies...

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies...

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

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

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

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.

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we...

We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by...

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by...