Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.] — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable;… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The Great slight the men of wit, who have nothing but wit; the men of wit despise the Great, who have nothing… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
False greatness is unsociable and remote: conscious of its own frailty, it hides, or at least averts its face, and reveals itself… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There is nothing men are so anxious to keep, and yet are so careless about, as life. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only unfaithful. If she is thought faithful, she is perfidious. — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes his taste… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr.,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
We perceive wen love begins and wen it declines by our embarrassment when alone together. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
I call those men worldly, earthly, or coarse, whose hearts and minds are wholly fixed on this earth, that small part of the universe… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
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