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• It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgement to be silent.
  -- 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...
• 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...
• He is poor whose expenses exceeds his income. -- La Bruyere
• Most people judge men only by success or by fortune.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 212...
• People would never fall in love if they had not heard love talked about.
  -- Francois, Duc de La Rouchefoucald...
• Return from a short distance. No need for remorse. Great good fortune.
• When Israel was from bondage led, Led by the Almighty's hand From out of foreign land, The great sea beheld and fled.
  -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- Davideis, Book i, Line 41...
• A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and miserable dinner. -- Jean de La Bruyere