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Famous Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
“Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.”
“Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion.”
“Love begins with love ; and the warmest friendship cannot change even to the coldest love.”
“We confide our secret to a friend, but in love it escapes us.”
“A man without characteristics is a most insipid character.”
“A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed.”
“The greatest part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable.”
“If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable.”
“A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense.”
“Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.”
“Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.”
“The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men.”