Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
From Jean de la Bruyere
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
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