Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Inspirational, Lying, Generosity

  "Of The Heart". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

• 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.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Lying, Drawing, Conversation

• A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Lying, Way, Facts

  "Of Books". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

• A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Clever, Lying, Men

• All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Distance, Lying, Names

• The News-writer lies down at Night in great Tranquillity, upon a piece of News which corrupts before Morning, and which he is obliged to throw away as soon as he awakes.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Morning, Lying, Night

  "The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Chapter I, 1688.

• False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Lying, Vanity, Modesty

• Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Lying, Differences, Taste

  "Of Opinions". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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