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The finest pleasure is kindness to others.
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
Lawyer
Philosopher
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Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
Kindness
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There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.
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It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.
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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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A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
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Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.
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A man who knows how to make good bargains or finds his money increase in his coffers, thinks presently that he has a good deal of brains and is almost fit to be a statesman.
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There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude.
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When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other rule to judge it by it is fine and written in a masterly manner.
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During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that though they are forbidden, it is but natural to wish that they were at least allowable. Nothing can be more delightful, except it be to abandon them for virtue's sake.
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Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men compensation is just, and proceeds from God.
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Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
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For some people, speaking and giving offence are one and the same thing. They are spiteful and bitter their style is infused with gall and wormwood mockery, abuse and insults flow from their lips like spittle.
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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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Caprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.
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Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit.
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Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.
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We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else the rest is the business of others.
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To how many girls has a great beauty been of no other use but to make them expect a large fortune!
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Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.
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