The English are predisposed to pride the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

I hate books, they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage, the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.

I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.