Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.
Jean de La Bruyère
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10DEC2020 – Quote of the Day
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
Jean de La Bruyère
09DEC2020 – Quote of the Day
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
Jean de La Bruyère
08DEC2020 – Quote of the Day
There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by one’s own industry, or by the stupidity of others.
Jean de La Bruyère
07DEC2020 – Quote of the Day
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
Jean de La Bruyère
06DEC2020 – Quote of the Day
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
Jean de La Bruyère
05DEC2020 – Quote of the Day
We come too late to say anything which has not been said already.
Jean de La Bruyère
04DEC2020 – Quote of the Day
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
Jean de La Bruyère
03DEC2020 – Quote of the Day
There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet’s bombast!
Jean de La Bruyère