Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
28 Jean de la Bruyere quotes:
"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."
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"Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father."
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"The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things."
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"One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories."
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"A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself."
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"Love and friendship exclude each other."
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"Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings."
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"Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth."
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"There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."
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"Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property."
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"We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together."
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"This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude."
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"When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman."
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"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."
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"Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity."
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"We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed."
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"We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all."
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"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity."
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"Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world."
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"The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love."
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