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Thinking Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
- To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but…
- Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more.
- To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else.
- He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary,…
- The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.
- You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?
- When life is unhappy it is hard to endure, when it is happy it is terrible to think of it ending. Both amount to the…
- There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect makes us shudder;…
- 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…
- Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows on men in granting them wealth, money, dignities, and other advantages, than the…
- He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the…
- We should only endeavour to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over to our taste and opinions.
- A man who knows how to make good bargains or finds his money increase in his coffers, thinks presently that he has a good deal…
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