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• We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much. -- 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...
• A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom satisfied with others.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Nothing more clearly show how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth
  money, position and other wordly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them....
• A slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aide may contribute to the advancement of his fortune.
  -- Jean de La Bruyere...
• Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 226...
• It is not good for a man to be without knowledge, and he who makes haste with his feet misses his way.
  -- Proverbs 19:2...
• A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and miserable dinner. -- Jean de La Bruyere