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• A modest man never talks of himself.

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  Men, Modesty, Modest

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• We dread old age, which are not sure of being able to attain.
  [Fr., L'on craint la vieillesse, que l'on n'est pas sur de pouvoir atteindre.]

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  Age, Able, Not Sure

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• A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.

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  Writing, Men, Thinking

  "The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Nicholas Rowe, Ch. I., 1688.

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• A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself he will write a Book; he has no Talent at Writing, but he wants fifty Guineas.

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  Book, Writing, Men

  "The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Nicholas Rowe, Chapter XV, 1688.

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• High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

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  Challenges, Cost, Study

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• Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
  [Fr., Les hommes rougissent moins de leur crimes que de leurs faiblesses et de leur vanite.]

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  Men, Vanity, Weakness

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• It is very rare to find ground which produces nothing; if it is not covered with flowers, with fruit trees and grains, it produces briers and pines. It is the same with man; if he is not virtuous, he becomes vicious.

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  Flower, Men, Tree

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• An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.

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  Men, Speak, Praise

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• Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within.

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  Gratitude, Men, Giving

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• There is what is called the highway to posts and honor, and there is a cross and by way, which is much the shortest.

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  Honor, Way, Popularity

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• Man makes up his mind he will preach, and he preaches.

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  Men, Mind, Preaching

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• To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they pay so little regard!

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  Men, Religion, Excess

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• A look of intelligence is what regularity of features is to women: it is a styule of beauty to which the most vain may aspire.
  [Fr., L'air spirituel est dans les hommes ce que la regularite des traits est dans les femmes: c'est le genre de beaute ou les plus vains puissent aspirer.]

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  Beauty, Air, Looks

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• Love and friendship exclude each other.

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  Love, Friendship, Love And Friendship

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• The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discloses to me His existence.
  [Fr., L'impossibilite ou je suis de prouver que Dieu n'est pas, me decouvre son existence.]

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  God, Son, Existence

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• Men are the cause of women not loving one another.
  [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point.]

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  Jealousy, Men, Causes

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• Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.

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  Life, Sleep, Men

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• A woman with eyes only for one person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly the same impression.

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  Love, Eye, Impression

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• The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people.
  [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]

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  Mean, People, Palaces

  "Characters", VIII, 1688.

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• The opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth.
  [Fr., Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires ou des personnes est souvent la verite.]

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  Truth, Men, Opposites

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• There are some who speak one moment before they think

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  Thinking, Speak, Moments

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• We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

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  Happiness, Happy, Laughing

  "Of the Heart". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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• A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet the best people on an equal footing. This is harder for a married man: marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

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  Wedding, Men, Seems

  "Of Personal Merit". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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• The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.

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  Death, Hate, Passion

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• There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

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  Mediocrity, Painting, Public Speaking

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