Littles Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere

16 Littles quotes by Jean de la Bruyere

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Bruyere’s sharp humor and keen observation are on display in sixteen short sayings about the little oddities of daily life. The collection offers a clever, bite‑size look at human nature.

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Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less.

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We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.

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We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.

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If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?

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Women are at little trouble to express what they do not feel; but men are still at less to express what they…

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In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as…

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Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say…

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We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows…

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Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty…

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Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so…

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It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is…

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To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose…

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A man only goes and confesses his faults to the world when his self will not acknowledge or listen to them. WYNDHAM…

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Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the…

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Some young people do not sufficiently understand the advantages of natural charms, and how much they would gain by trusting to them…

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Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing…

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