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• Making a book is a craft, as is making a clock; it takes more than wit to become an author.
  -- Jean de LaBruyere...
• Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late.
  -- Jean de LaBruyere...
• Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.
  -- Jean de LaBruyere (1645-1696)...
• There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.
  -- Jean de LaBruyere...
• It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.
  -- Jean de LaBruyere...
• The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours.
  -- Jean de LaBruyere...