If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
Jean de la BruyereThe State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be inevitable and without remedy.
Jean de la BruyereThe great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.
Jean de la Bruyere