A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct. — 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
The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man who knows how to make good bargains or finds his money increase in his coffers, thinks presently that he has… — 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
Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant;… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man in health questions whether there is a God, and he also doubts whether it be a sin to have intercourse… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Some men promise to keep your secret and yet reveal it without knowing they are doing so; they do not wag their… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. [Fr., Les hommes rougissent moins de leur crimes que de… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
What can be more discouraging to a man than to doubt if his soul be material, like a stone or a reptile,… — 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
A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. — 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
Women are at little trouble to express what they do not feel; but men are still at less to express what they… — 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
One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I am not astonished that men who lean, as it were, on an atom, should stumble at the smallest efforts they make… — 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
