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You Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with…
- Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.
- 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…
- When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the…
- When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good,…
- 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…
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