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World Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.
- Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.
- A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.
- There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.
- We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which…
- You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.
- The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you.
- A man only goes and confesses his faults to the world when his self will not acknowledge or listen to them. WYNDHAM LEWIS, Tarr Two…
- There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude.
- A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
- We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.
- There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your…
- There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others.
More World Quotes
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- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach