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Jean De La Bruyere Quotes

Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more Picture Quote #1

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit Picture Quote #1

Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them Picture Quote #1

Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as they do, health, quiet, honor and conscience, to obtain them: It is to pay so dear from them that the bargain is a loss Picture Quote #1

When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death Picture Quote #1

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you? Picture Quote #1

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It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault Picture Quote #1

We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death Picture Quote #1

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense Picture Quote #1

Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die Picture Quote #1

If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable Picture Quote #1

To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile? Picture Quote #1

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We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love Picture Quote #1

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect Picture Quote #1

The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves Picture Quote #1

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things Picture Quote #1

Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own Picture Quote #1

A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself Picture Quote #1

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Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued Picture Quote #1

Don’t wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed Picture Quote #1

Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else Picture Quote #1

We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice Picture Quote #1

There are some sordid minds, formed of slime and filth, to whom interest and gain are what glory and virtue are to superior souls; they feel no other pleasure but to acquire money Picture Quote #1

Criticism is as often a trade as a science, requiring, as it does, more health than wit, more labour than capacity, more practice than genius Picture Quote #1

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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all Picture Quote #1

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it Picture Quote #1

There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery Picture Quote #1

How happy the station which every moment furnishes opportunities of doing good to thousands! How dangerous that which every moment exposes to the injuring of millions! Picture Quote #1

The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as they do, health, quiet, honor and conscience, to obtain them: It is to pay so dear from them that the bargain is a loss (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) 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 Quotes) It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile? (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Don’t wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) There are some sordid minds, formed of slime and filth, to whom interest and gain are what glory and virtue are to superior souls; they feel no other pleasure but to acquire money (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Criticism is as often a trade as a science, requiring, as it does, more health than wit, more labour than capacity, more practice than genius (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) How happy the station which every moment furnishes opportunities of doing good to thousands! How dangerous that which every moment exposes to the injuring of millions! (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) 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 (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes)

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