When life is unhappy it is hard to endure, when it is happy it is terrible to think of it ending. Both… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The very impossibility which I find to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. — Jean de la Bruyere 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
Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to count up… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. [Fr., La faveur… — Jean de la Bruyere 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
There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man may doubt of God's existence when he is in good health, just as he may doubt whether his relation with… — 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 three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer;… — 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… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Life is short and tedious, and is wholly spent in wishing; we trust to find rest and enjoyment at some future time,… — 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
During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender… — 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… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. It is only found in… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are not conscious of birth submit to death… — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else. — 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
A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
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
There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
If this life is unhappy, it is a burden to us, which it is difficult to bear; if it is in every… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Most men employ the first part of life to make the other part miserable. [Fr., La plupart des hommes emploient la premiere… — 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 favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. [Fr., La faveur des princes n'exclut pas le merite, et ne le suppose pas aussi.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e2a/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_doe_the-favor-of-princes-does-not-preclude-t_2394961.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/175/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_existence_the-very-impossibility-in-which-i-find-m_1133818.jpg)
![“Most men employ the first part of life to make the other part miserable. [Fr., La plupart des hommes emploient la premiere part vie a rendre l'autre miserable.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ee/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_art-of-life_most-men-employ-the-first-part-of-life-t_361486.jpg)
![“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)
