Quotes by Jean De La Bruyere

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

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The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

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The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

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

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Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

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Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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

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One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at...

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

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No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no...

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Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

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