52 Quotes About French-writer

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.

We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent.

When we hide our failings from others, we seek to hide them from ourselves, and it is in the latter attempt that we are most successful.

We need a reason for speaking, we need none for keeping silent.

Self-love is the greatest flatterer in the world.

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take half so much satisfaction in observing those of other people.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.