Manners Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere

9 Manners quotes by Jean de la Bruyere

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La Bruyere’s short musings on manners weave humor with a gentle moral compass. In nine crisp statements he nudges readers toward refined conduct.

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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

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A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.

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Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

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Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.

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“The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us…

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It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our…

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The finest and most beautiful ideas on morals and manners have been swept away before our times, and nothing is left for…

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A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes…

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Some young people do not sufficiently understand the advantages of natural charms, and how much they would gain by trusting to them…

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The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only unfaithful. If she is thought faithful, she is perfidious.

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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…

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A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself…

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Born merely for the purpose of digestion.

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He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on…

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The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr.,…

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Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of…

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Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own.

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To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately.

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We perceive wen love begins and wen it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

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I call those men worldly, earthly, or coarse, whose hearts and minds are wholly fixed on this earth, that small part of the universe…

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