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Famous Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
“A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.”
“Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable.”
“If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.”
“There is nothing men are so anxious to keep, and yet are so careless about, as life.”
“A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd.”
“A man without characteristics is a most insipid character.”
“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.”