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Quotes from Forty Thousand Quotations — Édouard René de Laboulaye

1811–1883 France

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Wealth is an imperious mistress; she requires the whole heart and life of man.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Patience—with patience everything comes in due season.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Reputation is a jewel which nothing can replace; it is ten thousand times more valuable capital than your diamonds.

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The desert is mute, and dead men tell no tales.

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The first day a man is a guest, the second a burden, the third a pest.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

God alone is true; God alone is great; alone is God.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Truth is like a pearl: he alone possesses it who has plunged into the depths of life and torn his hands on the rocks of Time.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Patience—in patience there is safety.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Édouard René de Laboulaye (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.