The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you? — 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
We should only endeavour to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over to our taste and opinions. — 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
When life is unhappy it is hard to endure, when it is happy it is terrible to think of it ending. Both… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
They who, without any previous knowledge of us, think amiss of us, do us no harm; they attack not us, but the… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It is through madness that we hate an enemy, and think of revenging ourselves; and it is through indolence that we are… — 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
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
He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he,… — 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… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect… — 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
![“The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcf/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_built_the-court-is-like-a-palace-built-of-marb_77288.jpg)
