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~ Jean de la Bruyere Quotes ~
« on: December 01, 2014, 04:54:44 PM »
Jean de la Bruyere Quotes


A French essayist and moralist.
Jean de La Bruyere was a French essayist and moralist.

Here are some famous quotes by  Jean de la Bruyere. 




Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2014, 04:55:29 PM »
A modest man never talks of himself.

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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2014, 04:55:55 PM »
He who has lived a day has lived an age.

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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2014, 04:56:34 PM »
The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.

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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2014, 04:57:00 PM »
A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2014, 04:57:27 PM »
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2014, 04:57:53 PM »
Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2014, 04:58:25 PM »
Those who make the worst use of their time most complain of its brevity.

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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2014, 04:58:50 PM »
Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2014, 04:59:17 PM »
A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2014, 04:59:42 PM »
There are no ugly women; there are only women who do not know how to look pretty.

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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2014, 05:00:06 PM »
We must laugh before we are happy for fear of dying without having laughed at all.

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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2014, 05:00:34 PM »
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2014, 05:00:58 PM »
A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.

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« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2014, 05:01:23 PM »
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.