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Jean de La Bruyere Quotes


"If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are estimable." ~Jean de La Bruyere

"Out of difficulties grow miracles." ~Jean De La Bruyere

"People reveal their character even in the simplest things they do. Fools do not enter a room, nor leave it, nor sit down, nor rise, nor are they silent, nor do they stand up, like people of sense and understanding." ~Jean de la Bruyere

"The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?" ~Jean De La Bruyere

"There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live." ~Jean De La Bruyere, Les Caracteres (1688)

"There are some who speak before they think." ~Jean De La Bruyere

"Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings." ~Jean de la Bruyere

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