Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Lying
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False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
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Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
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Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
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A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.
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A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.
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All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us.
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The News-writer lies down at Night in great Tranquillity, upon a piece of News which corrupts before Morning, and which he is obliged to throw away as soon as he awakes.
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