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You think him to be your dupe if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?

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
Essayist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Philosopher
Translator
Writer
Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
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Dupes
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Greater
Think
Thinking

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Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.
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All the worth of some people lies in their name upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us.
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A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
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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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Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.
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The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.
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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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Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
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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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If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?
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I am not surprised that there are gambling houses, like so many snares laid for human avarice like abysses where many a man's money is engulfed and swallowed up without any hope of return like frightful rocks against which the gamblers are thrown and perish.
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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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A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
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It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.
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A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
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The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.
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A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd.
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The events we most desire do not happen or, if they do, it is neither in the time nor in the circumstances when they would have given us extreme pleasure.
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Tyranny has no need of arts or sciences, for its policy, which is very shallow and without any refinement, only consists in shedding blood.
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Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.
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