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If it be true that in showing pity and compassion we think of ourselves, because we fear to be one day or another in the same circumstances as those unfortunate people for whom we feel, why are the latter so sparingly relieved by us of their condition?

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Menippus is a bird decked in various feathers which are not his. He neither says nor feels anything, but repeats the feelings and sayings of others; it is so natural for him to make use of other people's minds that he is the first deceived by it, and often believes he speaks his own mind or expresses his own thoughts when he is but the echo of some man he just parted with.

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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

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There are some sordid minds, formed of slime and filth, to whom interest and gain are what glory and virtue are to superior souls; they feel no other pleasure but to acquire money.

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The beginning and the decline of love manifest themselves in the embarrassment that one feels in the tete-a-tete.

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Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.

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Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère
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Born: August 16, 1645
Died: May 11, 1696 (aged 50)
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