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" Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy. "

Jean De La Bruyere
" It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. "

Jean De La Bruyere
" All grand thoughts come from the heart. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" Emotions have taught mankind to reason. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" Great thoughts always come from the heart. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" One promises much, to avoid giving little. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" The art of pleasing is the art of deception. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
" The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources. "

Marquis De Vauvenargues
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