All confidence is dangerous unless it is complete; there are few circumstances in which it is not better either to hide all or to tell all.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

All confidence is dangerous unless it is complete; there are few circumstances in which it is not better either to hide all or to tell all.

Jean de La Bruyère · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 268

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Gross ignorance produces a dogmatic spirit. He who knows nothing thinks he can teach others what he has himself just been learning. He who knows much scarcely believes that what he is saying is unknown to others, and consequently speaks with more hesitation.

Jean de La Bruyère · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 290

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

We are more sociable and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

Jean de La Bruyère · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 296

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

The greater part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable.

Jean de La Bruyère · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 480

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Women are ever in extremes, they are either better or worse than men.

Jean de La Bruyère · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 495