"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored." ― Jean de la Bruyere Topic(s): Society More From Jean de la Bruyere "There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience." "Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do." "Love and friendship exclude each other." More In Society "‘Society’s Child’ was a real hard record to start with. That’s all you want is for you to put your first record out and have people screaming at you in the streets. But it taught me right away that what I was doing was valuable and important."― Janis Ian "I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society."― Charles Rangel "I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."― Vincent Van Gogh