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

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame;...

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame;...

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician...

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician...

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its...

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its...

Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

Love and friendship exclude each other

Love and friendship exclude each other

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it...

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it...

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are...

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are...

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better...

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better...

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and...

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and...

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.