Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
Jean de la Bruyere
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity
men vanity blush
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman
work good thoughts judge noble master spirits
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.
birth people character
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
people
To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
dreams people
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?
circumstances people
There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.
birth pain life man death
life absence happiness
If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
life
Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
birth life man death
There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.
fame life work
Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable.
life men
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
thetimes time
Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
friendship thetimes time
Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.
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