Nothing more clearly show how little God esteems his gift to men of
wealth, money, position and other wordly goods, than the way he
distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with
them.
-- Jean De La Bruyere
wealth, money, position and other wordly goods, than the way he
distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with
them.
-- Jean De La Bruyere
Related:
- Most men employ the first part of their life, to make the rest miserable.
de La... - Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they
think laughable.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749... - We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much.
Jean de La... - We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much.
Jean de la... - The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their
advantage to help you.
Jean de La... - There is no road too long to the man who advances
deliberately and without undue haste;
there are no honours too distant to the man who prepares... - As riches and favor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool,
but nobody could find it out in his prosperity. -... - A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch,
and miserable dinner. -- Jean de La... - It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough
judgement to be silent.
Jean de La...
From the same category:
- Bad artists always admire each other's work.
--
Oscar... - A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.
Martin H.... - Only a mediocre writer is always at his best.
-- W.
Somerset... - A pessimist is one who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
Elbert... - It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy.
It's only necessary to be rich. --Alan...
