It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tonguesJean de La BruyèresadnessjudgmentsilencebashfulnessCopy this quote
“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
“The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized.