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Such Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to…
- There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
- 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…
- Let us not complain against men because otheir rudeness, their ingratitude, their injustice, their arrogance, their love oself, their forgetfulness oothers. They are so made.…
- From time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by their virtue, and…
- A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he…
- A faithless woman, if known to be such by the person concerned, is but faithless ; if she is believed faithful, she is treacherous.
- The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether the historians are…
- Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that it would not…
- Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone.
- 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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