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Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

“I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n'ai jamais d'esprit qu'au bas de l'escalier.]”

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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

“A good author, and one who writes carefully, often discovers that the expression of which he has been in search without being able to discover it, and which he has at last found, is that which was the most simple, the most natural, and which seems as if it ought to have presented itself at once, without effort, to the mind.”

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“Worthless as wither'd weeds.”

Weed Worthless

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“Faith is the summit of the Torah.”

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“Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest.”

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Author:Honore de Balzac

“Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.”

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Author:Honore de Balzac

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