There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just...

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just...

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

We must laugh before we are happy for fear of dying without having laughed at...

We must laugh before we are happy for fear of dying without having laughed at...

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 man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

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...

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's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

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

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...

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

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...

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,...

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

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

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and...

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and...

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no...

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no...

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at...

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at...

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

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

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...

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;...