The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. [Fr., La faveur des princes n'exclut pas le merite, et ne le suppose pas aussi.]
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. - Jean De La Bruyere
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
- Jean De La Bruyere
There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude. - Jean De La Bruyere
There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude.
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death. - Jean De La Bruyere
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death.
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. - Jean De La Bruyere
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all.
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. - Jean De La Bruyere
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
Love and friendship exclude each other. - Jean De La Bruyere
Love and friendship exclude each other.
A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. - Jean De La Bruyere
A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. - Jean De La Bruyere
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. - Jean De La Bruyere
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched.
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