Jean de La Bruyere
Quotes by Jean de La Bruyere
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
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Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
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The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.
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All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
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He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
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Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
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The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
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Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.
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One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
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At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
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The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
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Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late.
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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
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All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
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If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
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Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
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