Jean de La Bruyère , was a French essayist and moralist.
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“The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.”
Jean de la Bruyere
“Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.”
“The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.”
“Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more.”