A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I do not doubt but that genuine piety is the spring of peace of mind; it enables us to bear the sorrows… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There are some sordid minds, formed of slime and filth, to whom interest and gain are what glory and virtue are to… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food,--they nourish, but at the same time they consume… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I call worldly or earthly those whose minds and hearts are fixed on a tiny portion of this world they live in,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I call those men worldly, earthly, or coarse, whose hearts and minds are wholly fixed on this earth, that small part of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A good author, and one who writes carefully, often discovers that the expression of which he has been in search without being… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very… — 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
What can be more discouraging to a man than to doubt if his soul be material, like a stone or a reptile,… — 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
