When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected

Quote by Vauvenargues Marquis De

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We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

Few maxims are true in every respect

Few maxims are true in every respect

Habit is everything, even in love.

Habit is everything, even in love.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

Great thoughts come from the heart.

Great thoughts come from the heart.

We discover in others what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what...

We discover in others what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what...

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small...

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small...

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few...

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few...

A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views

A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that...

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that...

Patience is the art of hoping.

Patience is the art of hoping.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and...

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and...

Action makes more fortune than caution

Action makes more fortune than caution

Men's thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not....

Men's thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not....

Never act on impulse. Plan first. Think it through. Then act.

Never act on impulse. Plan first. Think it through. Then act.

All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams...

All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams...

They say is often a great liar

They say is often a great liar