Jean de LaBruyere

Jean de LaBruyere: There are only...

Jean de LaBruyere: There are only...

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of...

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Jean de LaBruyere: Everything has been...

Jean de LaBruyere: Everything has been...

Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand...

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Jean de LaBruyere: It is the...

Jean de LaBruyere: It is the...

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

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Jean de LaBruyere: Making a book...

Jean de LaBruyere: Making a book...

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The shortest and...

Jean de LaBruyere: The shortest and...

The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote...

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Jean de LaBruyere: When a book...

Jean de LaBruyere: When a book...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge...

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Jean de LaBruyere: To make a...

Jean de LaBruyere: To make a...

To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an...

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Jean de LaBruyere: Those who make...

Jean de LaBruyere: Those who make...

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

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Jean de LaBruyere: There are certain...

Jean de LaBruyere: There are certain...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture...

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Jean de LaBruyere: There is no...

Jean de LaBruyere: There is no...

There is no business in the world so troublesome as the pursuit of fame: life is over before you have hardly begun...

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Jean de LaBruyere: There are only...

Jean de LaBruyere: There are only...

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in...

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Jean de LaBruyere: A vain man...

Jean de LaBruyere: A vain man...

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The Opera is...

Jean de LaBruyere: The Opera is...

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

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Jean de LaBruyere: A heap of...

Jean de LaBruyere: A heap of...

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The shortest an...

Jean de LaBruyere: The shortest an...

The shortest an best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote...

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Jean de LaBruyere: There are some...

Jean de LaBruyere: There are some...

There are some extraordinary fathers who seem, during the whole course of their lives, to be giving their children...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The wise person...

Jean de LaBruyere: The wise person...

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

Source: In The...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The exact opposite...

Jean de LaBruyere: The exact opposite...

The exact opposite of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Source: 'Les...

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Jean de LaBruyere: A mediocre mind...

Jean de LaBruyere: A mediocre mind...

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

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Jean de LaBruyere: There are but...

Jean de LaBruyere: There are but...

There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by one's own industry or profiting by the foolishness of...

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