Maxioms by Jean De La Bruyere
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.
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.
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
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.]
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
