The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. — Jean De La Bruyere Fool Copy Share Image
If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed. — Jean de la Bruyere Funny Copy Share Image
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. — Jean de la Bruyere Age Copy Share Image
The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men. — Jean de la Bruyere Approach Copy Share Image
We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued. — Jean de la Bruyere Desire Copy Share Image
A long disease seems to be a halting place between life and death, that death itself may be a comfort to those… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Love has this in common with scruples, that it becomes embittered by the reflections and the thoughts that beset us to free… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the… — Jean de la Bruyere Advancement Copy Share Image
It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean de la Bruyere Judgment Copy Share Image
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become… — Jean de la Bruyere Book Copy Share Image
“The pleasure of criticism takes away from us the pleasure of being deeply moved by very fine things.” — Jean de La Bruyère Criticism Copy Share Image
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth. [Fr., Le contraire des bruits qui courent… — Jean de la Bruyere Men Copy Share Image
Foolish jokers are thick on the ground, and it rains insects of that sort everywhere. A good joker is a rarity; even… — Jean de la Bruyere Country Copy Share Image
A man in health questions whether there is a God, and he also doubts whether it be a sin to have intercourse… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
In art them is a point of perfection, as of goodness or maturity in nature; he who is able to perceive it,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at… — Jean de la Bruyere Age 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
It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good… — Jean de la Bruyere Advantage Copy Share Image
There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by one's own industry or profiting by the foolishness of others.… — Jean de la Bruyere Foolishness Copy Share Image
False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie. — Jean de la Bruyere False modesty Copy Share Image
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. — Jean de la Bruyere Affliction Copy Share Image
Eloquence is to the sublime what the whole is to the part. — Jean de la Bruyere Eloquence Copy Share Image
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself. — Jean de la Bruyere Attitude Copy Share Image
A man must be very inert to have no character at all. — Jean de la Bruyere Character Copy Share Image
We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect. — Jean de la Bruyere Heart Copy Share Image
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. — Jean de la Bruyere Thought Copy Share Image
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. — Jean de la Bruyere Amiable Copy Share Image
If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father. — Jean De La Bruyere Crime Copy Share Image
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
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