We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

Topics: Age Quotes

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.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

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

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

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

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

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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,...

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

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

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

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

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

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

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

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

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...

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

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 wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

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

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...

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the...

Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the...