Stanisław I Leszczyński famous quotes

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Respect #Heart #Charm

Genius speaks only to genius.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Genius #Speak

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Observation #Politeness

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Integrity #Fool #Bones

Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Natural #Politeness

None are rash when they are not seen by anybody.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Pain #Religion #Pleasure

The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Men #Religion #Corruption

There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Reputation

We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Believe #Suffering #Great Things

The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Success #Desire #Succeed

It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Party #Suspicion #Accused

The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Instability

When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Truth #Breathe

Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation?
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Uneasiness

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Sadness

I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Real #Brave #Danger

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Respect #Men #Too Much

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Believe #Understanding

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Life #Faces #Kick Ass

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Integrity #Judging #Conscience

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Faith #Believe #Doubt

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#People #Wish #Kind

To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Class #Vain #Shows

Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Speak #Reason

To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Life #Age #Youth

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Powerful #Reason #Duty

Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Religion

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Misery #Sensible

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Age #Old Age

Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.
-- Stanisław I Leszczyński

#Wit