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“We should like those whom we love to receive all their happiness, or, if this were impossible, all their unhappiness from our hands.”

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Jean de la Bruyere

Jean de la Bruyere was a French philosopher and moralist, born on August 16, 1645, and died on May 10, 1696. His works have had a profound impact on posterity. more

“During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that though they are forbidden, it is but natural to wish that they were at least allowable. Nothing can be more delightful, except it be to abandon them for virtue's sake.”

Courses Wish Enjoy Natural Pleasure Virtue Our Lives Sake Encounters Abandon Now And Then Delightful Forbidden Inviting

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“Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart, the other of the mind.”

People Mind Heart Two Poetry Weakness Dare

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“It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes from honest men, who praise sincerely those things in us which are really commendable.”

Men Kind Honest Ought Proud Praise All Kinds Rude Be Proud Scorn Sincerely Honest Man Commendable

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“Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows on men in granting them wealth, money, dignities, and other advantages, than the manner in which they are distributed and the kind of men who have the largest share.”

Thinking Men Kind Wealth Share Advantage Dignity Providence Trifling

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