French - Philosopher | 1645 - 1696
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
Jean de la Bruyere
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It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?
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The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
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A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
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Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late.
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One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
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