The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

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Après l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles. The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls.— LA BRUYÈRE — Les Caractères. XII.
Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous. Lynx-eyed toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.— LA FONTAINE — Fables. I. 7.
Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre. If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. Attributed to RICHELIEU. Gute Menschen können sich leichter in schlimme hineindenken als diese in jene. Good men can more easily see through bad men than the latter can the former.— JEAN PAUL RICHTER — Hesperus. IV.
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