Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued. — 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
Women run to extremes, they are either better or worse than men. — 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
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
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
As riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man must be completely wanting in intelligence if he does not show it when actuated by love, malice, or necessity. — 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
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
Women become attached to men by the intimacies they grant them; men are cured of their love by the same intimacies. — 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
The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct,… — 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
From time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A dogmatic tone is generally inspired by abysmal ignorance. The man who knows nothing thinks he is informing others of something which… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation… — 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,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I call worldly or earthly those whose minds and hearts are fixed on a tiny portion of this world they live in,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very… — 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
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. — 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
Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller. — 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
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 vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself. — 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
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
The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men. — 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
Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We perceive wen love begins and wen it declines by our embarrassment when alone together. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
I call those men worldly, earthly, or coarse, whose hearts and minds are wholly fixed on this earth, that small part of the universe… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
