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Wise Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
- A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
- A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
- If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
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