Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that it would not suit us; they have given for them their peace of mind, their health, their honor, and their conscience; this is rather too dear, and there is nothing to be made out of such a bargain.


Les Caractères (1688)

Jean de La Bruyère Quotes

Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that it would not suit us; they have...

Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that it would not suit us; they have...

Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that it would not suit us; they have...

Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that it would not suit us; they have...