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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

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Life, Birthday, Age

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Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own.

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Time, Hours, Particular

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When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.

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Men, Secret, Faults

"Characters", V, 1688.

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The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it

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Practice, Justice, Judging

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Women are extreme; they are better than men, or worse.

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Running, Men, Extremes

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

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The very impossibility which I find to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.

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Existence, Prove, Impossibility

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We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood.

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People, Deception, Knavery

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It is weakness which makes us hate an enemy and seek revenge, and it is idleness that pacifies us and causes us to neglect it.

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Revenge, Hate, Enemy

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We should like those whom we love to receive all their happiness, or, if this were impossible, all their unhappiness from our hands.

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Love, Hands, Impossible

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During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that though they are forbidden, it is but natural to wish that they were at least allowable. Nothing can be more delightful, except it be to abandon them for virtue's sake.

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Wish, Encounters, Sake

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Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart, the other of the mind.

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Heart, Two, People

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It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes from honest men, who praise sincerely those things in us which are really commendable.

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Men, Rude, Proud

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When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other rule to judge it by; it is fine and written in a masterly manner.

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Reading, Judging, Feelings

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He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at perfection, and then posterity will do us that justice which sometimes our contemporaries refuse us.

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Writing, Justice, Perfection

"Characters: Of Works of the Mind," #67, 1688.

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Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence.

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People, Decision, Arrogance

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All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us.

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Distance, Lying, Names

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To bewail the loss of a person we love is a happiness compared with the necessity of living with one we hate.

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Hate, Loss, Love Is

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It takes talent to please the people in a sermon by a flowery style, a cheerful ethic, brilliant sallies and lively descriptions; but such a talent is inadequate. A better sort of talent neglects these extraneous ornaments, unworthy to be used in the service of the Gospel: such a preacher's sermon will be simple, strong and Christian.

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Christian, People, Style

"Of The Pulpit". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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It is not so easy to obtain a reputation by a perfect work as to enhance the value of an indifferent one by a reputation already acquired.

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Perfect, Reputation, Easy

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Banter is often a proof of want of intelligence.

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Want, Proof, Banter

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There is a pleasure in meeting the glance of a person whom we have lately laid under some obligations.

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Pleasure, Glances, Obligation

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Anything is a temptation to those who dread it.

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Temptation, Dread

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We confide our secret to a friend, but in love it escapes us.

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Secret

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A man without characteristics is a most insipid character.

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Character, Men

"Of Society And Conversation". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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A dogmatic tone is generally inspired by abysmal ignorance. The man who knows nothing thinks he is informing others of something which he has that moment learnt; the man who knows a great deal can scarcely believe that people are ignorant of what he is telling them, and speaks more diffidently.

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Ignorance, Men, Profound

"Of Society And Conversation". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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Born: August 16, 1645
Died: May 10, 1696
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