French - Philosopher | 1645 - 1696
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
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The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
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Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.
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The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.
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Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.
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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
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A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
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He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
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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.
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Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
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