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If it be true that a man is ri...

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.

Jean de La Bruyere 517 quotes

A modest man never talks of hi...

A modest man never talks of himself.

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He who has lived a day has liv...

He who has lived a day has lived an age.

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We dread old age, which are no...

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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In art them is a point of perf...

In art them is a point of perfection, as of goodness or maturity in nature; he who is able to perceive it, and who loves it, has perfect taste; he who does not feel it, or loves on this side or that, has an imperfect taste.

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If men wish to be held in este...

If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable.

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A man of moderate Understandin...

A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.

Jean de La Bruyere 517 quotes

A man starts upon a sudden, ta...

A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself he will write a Book; he has no Talent at Writing, but he wants fifty Guineas.

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A man unattached and without w...

A man unattached and without wife, if he have any genius at all, may raise himself above his original position, may mingle with the world of fashion, and hold himself on a level with the highest; this is less easy for him who is engaged; it seems as if marriage put the whole world in their proper rank.

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High birth is a gift of fortun...

High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

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A blockhead cannot come in, no...

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense.

Jean de La Bruyere 517 quotes

Men blush less for their crime...

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
[Fr., Les hommes rougissent moins de leur crimes que de leurs faiblesses et de leur vanite.]

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A lovely countenance is the fa...

A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love.

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If you suppress the exorbitant...

If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities.

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Amongst such as out of cunning...

Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little.

Jean de La Bruyere 517 quotes

The fool only is troublesome. ...

The fool only is troublesome. A plan of sense perceives when he is agreeable or tiresome; he disappears the very minute before he would have been thought to have stayed too long.

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The great charm of conversatio...

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

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There is speaking well, speaki...

There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably: It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before the indigent; of sound limbs and health before the infirm; of houses and lands before one who has not so much as a dwelling; in a word, to speak of your prosperity before the miserable; this conversation is cruel, and the comparison which naturally arises in them betwixt their condition and yours is excruciating.

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A coquette is one that is neve...

A coquette is one that is never to be persuaded out of the passion she has to please, nor out of a good opinion of her own beauty: time and years she regards as things that only wrinkle and decay other women, forgetting that age is written in the face, and that the same dress which became her when she was young now only makes her look older.

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For a woman to be at once a co...

For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the humblest of husbands can bear; she should mercifully choose between the two.

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