There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great … - Jean de la Bruyere

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I do like to walk a lot. Mostly in New York. When Im going somewhere, Id rather just walk there.

Jean de la Bruyere

There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough draught of his work.

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The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone. [Fr. , Le commencement et le declin de l'amour se font sentir par l'embarras ou l'on est de se trouver seuls. ]

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