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Quote 2361
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at allMore quotes on the topics: glory merit talent performance art
Quote 2362
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person lessMore quotes on the topics: respect power personality weakness
Quote 2363
Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rankQuote 2364
The same vices that are gross and insupportable in others we do not notice in ourselvesMore quotes on the topics: indifference critism attention self-development weakness
Quote 2365
They that have lived a single day have lived an ageMore quotes on the topics: destiny lifetime reality age value
Quote 2366
The majority of men devote the greater part of their lives to making their remaining years unhappy.More quotes on the topics: majority devotion future unhappiness wastage mankind
Quote 2367
I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be foundQuote 2368
It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silentMore quotes on the topics: self-knowledge misfortune humor judgment silence
Quote 2369
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.Quote 2370
The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things