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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.


Jean De La Bruyere

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neither does one fine day;
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JEAN DE LA BRUYERE It is a great misfortune to have the wit to speak, but not the sense when to remain silent.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE A strict observer is one who would be an atheist under an atheistic king.
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JEAN DE LA BRUYERE It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE There are few finer excesses in the world than an excess of gratitude.
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JEAN DE LA BRUYERE We come too late to say anything which has not been said already
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, ...
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE A bigot is a person who, under an atheist king, would be an atheist
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JEAN DE LA BRUYERE A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues...
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Love lessens a woman's delicacy and increases a man's.
LA BRUYERE We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
LA BRUYERE Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.
JEAN DE LA LA FONTAINE Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE People who make no noise are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, no...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In short, Luck's always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE By the work one knows the workman.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A hungry stomach cannot hear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never. [Fr., Patience et longueur de te...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si da...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous with...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.
JEAN DE LA BRUYèRE Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE He knows the universe and does not know himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Still people are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Luck's always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In short, luck's always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The argument of the strongest is always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what sh...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE One returns to the place one came from.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE By the work one knows the workmen.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Better a living beggar than a buried emperor. [Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In my end is my beginning.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We ought to consider the end in everything. [Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.]
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. [Fr., Est bien fou du cer...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, ...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The reasoning of the strongest is always the best. [Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la me...
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