Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
(Emerson: Letters and Social Aims.)
Mr Justice Darling, «A timid question…»
A timid question will always
receive a confident answer.
(Mr Justice Darling: Scintillae Juris.)
Voltaire, «The secret of being a bore…»
The secret of being a bore
is to tell everything.
(Voltaire: Sept discours en vers sur I’homme.)
Voltaire, «One always…»
One always speaks badly
when one has nothing to say.
(Voltaire: Commentaries on Comeille.)
Broadhurst, «Praise undeserved…»
Praise undeserved
is satire in disguise.
(Broadhurst.)
Voltaire, «Satire..»
One needs a dash of satire
to enliven a eulogy.
(Voltaire.)
Bertrand Russell, «No one…»
No one gossips about
other people’s secret virtues.
(Bertrand Russell: On Education.)
Rabindranath Tagore, «He who is too busy…»
He who is too busy doing good
finds no time to be good.
(Rabindranath Tagore: Stray Birds.)
Comtesse Diane, «Conscience…»
Conscience warns us
before it reproaches us.
(Comtesse Diane: Maximes de la vie.)
Vauvenargues, «How many virtues…»
How many virtues and vices are unimportant!
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)