Quotes
Authors
Actors
Artists
Home
Authors
Saint Francis de Sales
Quote
Famous quote by
Saint Francis de Sales
Mobile
Desktop
Like
"A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick"
- Saint Francis de Sales
Good
Without
About the Author
This quote is written / told by
Saint Francis de Sales
between August 21, 1567 and December 28, 1622. He/she was a famous
Clergyman
from
Switzerland
. The author also have
17 other quotes
.
Go to author profile
Similar Quotes
"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist
"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"
Ben Sweetland, Author
"He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good"
Rabindranath Tagore, Poet
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"
Arnold H. Glasow, Businessman
"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"
Jose Rizal, Writer
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
"Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion"
Wilfrid Laurier, Statesman
"A company is only as good as the people it keeps"
Mary Kay Ash, Businesswoman
"When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better"
Mae West, Actress