A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves. - Jean de La Bruyère

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Entre le bon sens et le bon goût il y a la différence de la cause à son effet.

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There is, however, nothing wanting to the idleness of a philosopher but a better name, and that meditation, conversation, and reading should be called “work.”

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[I]l semble que le mariage met tout le monde dans son ordre.

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