A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them. — Jean de la Bruyere Action Copy Share Image
A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. — Jean de la Bruyere Clever Copy Share Image
It is virtue which should determine us in the choice of our friends, without inquiring into their good or evil fortune. — Jean de la Bruyere Character Copy Share Image
All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick… — Jean de la Bruyere Death Copy Share Image
A man who has schemed for some time can no longer do without it; all other ways of living are to him… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We should like those whom we love to receive all their happiness, or, if this were impossible, all their unhappiness from our… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being… — Jean de la Bruyere Advice Copy Share Image
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere… — Jean de la Bruyere Constitution Copy Share Image
As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his… — Jean de la Bruyere Character Copy Share Image
A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty… — Jean de la Bruyere Delivery Copy Share Image
All confidence placed in another is dangerous if it is not perfect, for on almost all occasions we ought to tell everything… — Jean de la Bruyere All occasions Copy Share Image
The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for… — Jean de la Bruyere Bombast Copy Share Image
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to… — Jean de la Bruyere Craftsman Copy Share Image
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discloses to me His existence. [Fr., L'impossibilite ou… — Jean de la Bruyere Existence Copy Share Image
It takes talent to please the people in a sermon by a flowery style, a cheerful ethic, brilliant sallies and lively descriptions;… — Jean de la Bruyere Brilliant Copy Share Image
Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time. — Jean de la Bruyere Abyss Copy Share Image
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. — Jean de la Bruyere Men Copy Share Image
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. — Jean de la Bruyere Being alone Copy Share Image
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. — Jean de la Bruyere Inspirational Copy Share Image
Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty — Jean De La Bruyere Beauty Copy Share Image
Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller. — Jean de la Bruyere Great men Copy Share Image
To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious. — Jean de la Bruyere Ingenious Copy Share Image
We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is… — Jean de la Bruyere Attention Copy Share Image
There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer;… — Jean de la Bruyere Birth Copy Share Image
Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la… — Jean de la Bruyere Genius Copy Share Image
It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
![“The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discloses to me His existence. [Fr., L'impossibilite ou je suis de prouver que Dieu n'est pas, me decouvre son existence.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/175/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_existence_the-very-impossibility-in-which-i-find-m_1133818.png)
![“Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du tout a sa partie.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/09d/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_genius_intelligence-is-to-genius-as-the-whole-i_911741.png)
