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His Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his…
- A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
- Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.
- 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…
- No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less.
- Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers…
- A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
More His Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold