Maxioms by Jean De La Bruyere
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who
confided it.
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who
confided it.
Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.
Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we
laugh at all.
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we
laugh at all.
The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that
induces us to admire a fool.
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The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that
induces us to admire a fool.
[Fr., Du meme fonds dont on neglige un homme de merite l'on sait
encore admirer un sot.]
Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it
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Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it
gives it strength and makes it stand out.
