To speak and to offend is with some people but one and the same thing. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?' — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
For some people, speaking and giving offence are one and the same thing. They are spiteful and bitter; their style is infused… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
People reveal their character even in the simplest things they do. Fools do not enter a room, nor leave it, nor sit… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
How many men are like trees, already strong and full grown, which are transplanted into some gardens, to the astonishment of those… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do… — 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… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A preacher must have some intelligence to charm the people by his florid style, by his exhilarating system of morality, by the… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Some young people do not sufficiently understand the advantages of natural charms, and how much they would gain by trusting to them… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It takes talent to please the people in a sermon by a flowery style, a cheerful ethic, brilliant sallies and lively descriptions;… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Young people are dazzled by the brilliancy of antithesis, and employ it. Matter-of-fact men, and those who like precision, naturally fall into… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We ought not to make those people our enemies who might have become our friends, if we had only known them better. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of… — 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… — 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
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