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

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

Topics: Happiness Quotes

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...

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...

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...

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to...

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to...

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...

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.

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

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

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is...

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is...

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

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

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

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...

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

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.

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.

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...

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and...

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and...

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...