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Person Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
- The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
- The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their…
- I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly…
- A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
- The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.
- A faithless woman, if known to be such by the person concerned, is but faithless ; if she is believed faithful, she is treacherous.
- I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13, 1524…
- If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed.
- To bewail the loss of a person we love is a happiness compared with the necessity of living with one we hate.
- There is a pleasure in meeting the glance of a person whom we have lately laid under some obligations.
- It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining…
- The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only unfaithful. If she is thought faithful, she is perfidious.
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