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Jean de La Bruyere Quotes
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The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you.
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
The beginning and the decline of love are both marked by the embarrassment the lovers feel to be alone together.
We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice.
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else.
The slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many as can help in making his fortune.
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours.
All mens misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.
Family Quote
You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.
Life Quote
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Funny Quote
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Happiness Quote
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Happiness Quote
There is only one way to be happy, and that is to make somebody else so.
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