Pure friendship is something which men of an inferior intellect can never taste. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God. — 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
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
When a man puts on a Character he is a stranger to, there's as much difference between what he appears, and what… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The Great slight the men of wit, who have nothing but wit; the men of wit despise the Great, who have nothing… — 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
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 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 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
A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself;… — 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
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
We need not envy certain people their great wealth; they acquired it at a heavy cost, which would not suit us; they… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable;… — 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… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself. — 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
Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense. — Jean de la Bruyere 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
A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. — 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 Copy Share Image
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. — 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 opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth. [Fr., Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires ou des personnes est souvent la verite.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/67d/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_men_the-opposite-of-what-is-noised-about-con_2643641.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)
