Human Avarice Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere

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• The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
• All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
• Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
• It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
• Out of difficulties grow miracles.
• Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
• The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
• 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.
• The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
• Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
• Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

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