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
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A selected quote by Jean de La Bruyère.
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
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All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time
A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world
When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something
I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife