We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

Topics: Speech Quotes

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

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 giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

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.

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...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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...

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...

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

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

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

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest...

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest...

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...

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 are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's...

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's...

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

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

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

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

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are...

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are...

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...

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

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

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.