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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
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A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
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Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.
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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion.
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Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less or if you must talk, say little.
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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
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Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within.
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The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. [Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.]
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There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.
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Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched.
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What is certain in death is somewhat softened by what is uncertain it is an indefiniteness in the time, which holds a certain relation to the infinite, and what is called eternity.
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Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.
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We dread old age, which are not sure of being able to attain. [Fr., L'on craint la vieillesse, que l'on n'est pas sur de pouvoir atteindre.]
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