A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thoughtJean de La BruyèrethoughtscharacterreputationrespectCopy this quote
“Agriculture for an honorable and high-minded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living
“We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
“It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.
“Courage considered in itself or without reference to its causes, is no virtue, and deserves no esteem