Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more
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A selected quote by Jean de La Bruyère.
Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more
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It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things
It is never too late to be wise.
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.