When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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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.

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek...

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are...

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are...

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

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

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

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

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your...

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your...

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...

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...

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it...

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it...

Love and friendship exclude each other

Love and friendship exclude each other

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very...

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very...

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...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek...

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it...

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it...

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...

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...

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...

Being a doctor has taught me a lot about directing. You're doing the same thing:...

Being a doctor has taught me a lot about directing. You're doing the same thing:...

God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees

God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it