Maxioms by Jean De La Bruyere
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises
one, slights the other.
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises
one, slights the other.
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to
falsehood.
[Fr., On ne trompe point en read more
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to
falsehood.
[Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice
au mensonge.]
The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment,
are diamonds and pearls.
[Fr., Apres read more
The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment,
are diamonds and pearls.
[Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de
plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.]
Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.
Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.
