Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them. — Jean de la Bruyere 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 Copy Share Image
The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. [Fr., Du meme fonds… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man only goes and confesses his faults to the world when his self will not acknowledge or listen to them. WYNDHAM… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man unattached and without wife, if he have any genius at all, may raise himself above his original position, may mingle… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Friendship can exist between persons of different sexes, without any coarse or sensual feelings; yet a woman always looks upon a man… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Women run to extremes, they are either better or worse than men. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years… — 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
A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. — 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
A man can deceive a woman by his sham attachment to her provided he does not have a real attachment elsewhere. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier for passion than to overcome reason, but the greatest triumph is to conquer a man's own interests. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Let us not complain against men because otheir rudeness, their ingratitude, their injustice, their arrogance, their love oself, their forgetfulness oothers. They… — 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
