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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
Aphorist
Essayist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Philosopher
Translator
Writer
Paris
France
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We meet With few utterly dull and stupid souls: the sublime and transcendent are still fewer the generality of mankind stand between these two extremes: the interval is filled with multitudes of ordinary geniuses, but all very useful, and the ornaments and supports of the commonwealth.
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The opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth. [Fr., Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires ou des personnes est souvent la verite.]
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A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself a modest man does not talk of himself.
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A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen.
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Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.
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A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself he will write a Book he has no Talent at Writing, but he wants fifty Guineas.
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No vice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of this assumed resemblance.
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The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you.
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A man can deceive a woman by his sham attachment to her provided he does not have a real attachment elsewhere.
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Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
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A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his income.
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False glory is the rock of vanity it seduces men to affect esteem by things which they indeed possess, but which are frivolous, and which for a man to value himself on would be a scandalous error.
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As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.
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Caprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.
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Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which they practice so imperfectly!
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A woman with eyes only for one person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly the same impression.
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A simple garb is the proper costume of the vulgar it is cut for them, and exactly suits their measure, but it is an ornament for those who have filled up their lives with great deeds. I liken them to beauty in dishabille, but more bewitching on that account.
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Languages are the keys of science.
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The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
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