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Great Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with…
- 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.
- A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
- This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude.
- Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their…
- That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he…
- Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.
- It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.
- Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
- A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.
- Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise.
- The State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be inevitable and without…
- The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.
- Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
- It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent.
- Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who…
- To how many girls has a great beauty been of no other use but to make them expect a large fortune!
- The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether the historians are…
- Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to count up the hours we…
- A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion.
- The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself.
- Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty language, as they…
- The News-writer lies down at Night in great Tranquillity, upon a piece of News which corrupts before Morning, and which he is obliged to throw…
- Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone.
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