La plupart des hommes emploient la meilleure partie de leur vie à rendre l'autre misérable. - Jean de La Bruyère

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One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

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Chassez un chien du fauteuil du Roi, il grimpe à la chaire du prédicateur; il regarde le monde indifféremment, sans embarras, sans pudeur; il n'a pas, non plus que le sot, de quoi rougir.

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Tout l'esprit qui est au monde est inutile à celui qui n'en a point : il n'a nulles vues, et il est incapable de profiter de celles d'autrui.

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