Tag: Jean de la Bruyere
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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.
Jean de la Bruyere
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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
Jean de la Bruyere
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I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.
Jean de la Bruyere
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere
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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
Jean de la Bruyere
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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.
Jean de la Bruyere
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This great misfortune – to be incapable of solitude.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
Jean de la Bruyere