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Jean de La Bruyere Quotes
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The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you.
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
The beginning and the decline of love are both marked by the embarrassment the lovers feel to be alone together.
We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice.
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else.
The slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many as can help in making his fortune.
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours.
All mens misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.
Age Quote
Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we are born.
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Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.
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