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Jean de la Bruyère

Jean de la Bruyère

French writer

Lived from: 1645 - 1696

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 16 august 1645 Died: 10 may 1696

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  • Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker
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  • To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
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  • Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
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  • We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.
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  • We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
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  • We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
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  • We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
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  • When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.
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  • You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.
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  • A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
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