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A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
Aphorist
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French Moralist
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Philosopher
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Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
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Foolish jokers are thick on the ground, and it rains insects of that sort everywhere. A good joker is a rarity even a man who is such by nature finds it hard to sustain the part for long it seldom happens that the man who makes us laugh wins our esteem.
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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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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.
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When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book it is good, and is the work of a master-hand.
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It is weakness which makes us hate an enemy and seek revenge, and it is idleness that pacifies us and causes us to neglect it.
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A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.
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Wit is the god of moments, but Genius is the god of ages.
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It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?
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A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.
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Courtly manners are contagious they are caught at Versailles.
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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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Out of difficulties grow miracles.
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We need not envy certain people their great wealth they acquired it at a heavy cost, which would not suit us they staked their rest, their health, their honour and their conscience to acquire it, the price is too high, and there is nothing to be gained by such a bargain.
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Nothing is easier for passion than to overcome reason, but the greatest triumph is to conquer a man's own interests.
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Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.
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Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
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A man without characteristics is a most insipid character.
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