Jean de la Bruyere
Quotations
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“Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“All men’s misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“Love and friendship exclude each other.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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“There are only three events in a man’s life birth, life, and death he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.” -Jean de la Bruyere
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. – Jean de la Bruyere
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They that have lived a single day have lived an age. – Jean de la Bruyere
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