Maxioms by Jean De La Bruyere
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.
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay
it: even those judges who know read more
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay
it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general
practice.
[Fr., Le devoir des juges est de rendre justice, leur metier est
de la differer; quelques uns savent leur devoir, et font leur
metier.]
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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.]
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.
