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Alone Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
- At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
- All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
- We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
- It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
- We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
- A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
- What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud…
- Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone.
- It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men
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