Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Impertinent wits are a kind of insect which are in everybody's way and plentiful in all countries. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life; cunning is a kind of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows on men in granting them wealth, money, dignities, and other… — Jean de la Bruyere 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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcf/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_built_the-court-is-like-a-palace-built-of-marb_77288.jpg)
