French - Philosopher | 1645 - 1696
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
Jean de la Bruyere
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The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.
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A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
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A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
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No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.
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There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.
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The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
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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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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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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.
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