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The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of 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
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It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?
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Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du tout a sa partie.]
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We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice
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Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence.
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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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Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them.
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