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
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
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
Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so… — 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
The same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely; to those above him. — 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
It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Both as to high and low indifferently, men are prepossessed, charmed, fascinated by success; successful crimes are praised very much like virtue… — 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
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
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
Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who… — 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
A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I am not surprised that there are gambling houses, like so many snares laid for human avarice; like abysses where many a… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable. — 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
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 are the cause of women not loving one another. [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point.] — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Most men employ the first part of life to make the other part miserable. [Fr., La plupart des hommes emploient la premiere… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
False glory is the rock of vanity; it seduces men to affect esteem by things which they indeed possess, but which are… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform to other men's opinions than to bring them over to ours. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose… — 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
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