It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this is the root of all impertinence. (Jean de La Bruyère)

It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this is the root of all impertinence.

Jean de La Bruyère

Related topics

enough hold impertinence intelligence men nor root sad sense speak thing well

Related quotes

True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting. View quote
Cicero
The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. View quote
William Shakespeare
History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency. View quote
Jared Diamond
Man's nature is fundamentally good, or perhaps it is neither good nor evil. In any case, man is something to work on. We must hold fast to this fact - man is something to work on. View quote
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. View quote
Thomas Hobbes