Quotes About Balance

Some virtues, when taken to the extreme, become crimes.

Has not some sage said, 'Nothing too much'? and another, 'I carry all my effects with me'? I have

No hay ventura ni desgracia en el mundo, sino la comparación de un estado con otro, he ahí todo.

He was about to marry a young and charming woman, whom he loved, not passionately, but reasonably, as became a deputy attorney of the king.

Birinin yokluÄŸunun kederi, diÄŸerinin yokluÄŸunun sevincini dengeliyordu.

Geluk en ongeluk zijn geen absolute grootheden, maar bestaan slechts in verhouding tot elkaar. Men moet hebben willen sterven om te weten hoe goed het leven is.

It is with valets as with wives, they must be placed at once upon the footing in which you wish them to remain. Reflect upon it.

Danaro e santita, Meta della meta.

Cuando se vive con locos, es preciso también aprender a ser insensato.

Sunteti monsenior pentru servitorii dumneavoastra, pentru jurnalisti sunteti domn, iar pentru mandatarii dumneavoastar sunteti cetatean. Sunt nuante foarte potrivite pentru un guvern constitutional.

The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them, and sometimes three.

Omul nu va fi perfect decat atunci cand va sti sa creeze si sa distruga ca Dumnezeu. Deja stie sa distruga, deci jumatate din drum e facut.

on ne peut combattre l'extrême préoccupation que par l'extrême insouciance.

The chain of marriage is so heavy that it takes two to bear it; sometimes three.

L'amour, c'est une chose privée, qu'on vous dit! Pour après les fatigues des journées salariées, les soins aux chiards et tout le tintouin domestique.

When justice is more certain and more mild, is at the same time more efficacious.

One of the commonest weaknesses of human intelligence is the wish to reconcile opposing principles and to purchase harmony at the expense of logic.

He who has set his heart exclusively upon the pursuit of worldly welfare is always in a hurry, for he has but a limited time at his disposal to reach, to grasp, and to enjoy it.

One of the most familiar weaknesses of the human mind is the wish to reconcile contrary principles and buy peace at the expense of logic.

In France I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom pursuing courses diametrically opposed to each other; but in America I found that they were intimately united, and that they reigned in common over the same country.

Nature secretly avenges herself for the constraint imposed upon her by the laws of man.

It is at once necessary and desirable that the central power that directs a democratic people be active and powerful. There is no question of rendering it weak or indolent, but only of preventing it from abusing its agility and force.

Follow your heart but take your brain with you.

Millions for nonsense but not one cent for entropy.