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• Most men employ the first part of their life, to make the rest miserable. -- de La Bruyere
• It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgement to be silent.
  -- Jean de La Bruyere...
• Modesty is to merit as shades to figures in a picture
  giving it strength and beauty. -- Jean de La Bruyere...
• The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you.
  -- Jean de La Bruyere...
• The onset and the waning of love make themselves felt in the uneasiness experienced at being alone together.
  -- Jean de La Bruyere...
• We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much. -- Jean de La Bruyere
• The onset and the waning of love make themselves felt in the uneasiness experienced at being alone together.
  -- Jean de la Bruyere...
• We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much. -- Jean de la Bruyere
• As riches and favor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.
  -- Jean de La Bruyere...