Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.
Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?
It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?
We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous and when they are dead is cowardly.
We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous and when they are dead is cowardly.
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured such as poetry music painting public speaking.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured such as poetry music painting public speaking.
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
Marriage it seems confines every man to his proper rank.
Marriage it seems confines every man to his proper rank.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience impair your health and dissipate your property.
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience impair your health and dissipate your property.
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.