• It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.

  Jean de la Bruyère
  French writer 1645-1696
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. fortunate
2. character
3. whether

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It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. by : Jean de la Bruyère

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