A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich. — Jean de la Bruyere Amount 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 Fool Copy Share Image
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick… — Jean de la Bruyere Death 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 Dull Copy Share Image
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent. — Jean de la Bruyere Enough 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 Deceives Copy Share Image
It is virtue which should determine us in the choice of our friends, without inquiring into their good or evil fortune. — Jean de la Bruyere Character Copy Share Image
“The pleasure of criticism takes away from us the pleasure of being deeply moved by very fine things.” — Jean de La Bruyère Criticism Copy Share Image
When a plain-looking woman is loved, it is certain to be very passionately ; for either her influence on her lover is… — Jean de la Bruyere Beauty Copy Share Image
Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as… — Jean de la Bruyere Bargains Copy Share Image
A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable;… — Jean de la Bruyere Court 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… — Jean de la Bruyere Authorship 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 Attractive Copy Share Image
The art of conversation consists far less in displaying much wit oneself than in helping others to be witty: the man who… — Jean de la Bruyere Art Copy Share Image
What is certain in death is somewhat softened by what is uncertain; it is an indefiniteness in the time, which holds a… — Jean de la Bruyere Certain 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 Breasts Copy Share Image
To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become… — Jean de la Bruyere Book Copy Share Image
We should like those whom we love to receive all their happiness, or, if this were impossible, all their unhappiness from our… — Jean de la Bruyere Hands Copy Share Image
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. — Jean de la Bruyere Despise Copy Share Image
It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this… — Jean de la Bruyere Impertinence Copy Share Image
Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. — Jean de la Bruyere Familiarity Copy Share Image
Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la… — Jean de la Bruyere Genius Copy Share Image
We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is… — Jean de la Bruyere Attention Copy Share Image
There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer;… — Jean de la Bruyere Birth Copy Share Image
We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious. — Jean de la Bruyere Ingenious Copy Share Image
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. — Jean de la Bruyere Entirely Copy Share Image
There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being… — Jean de la Bruyere Advice Copy Share Image
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere… — Jean de la Bruyere Constitution Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our… — Jean de la Bruyere Attention Copy Share Image
We perceive wen love begins and wen it declines by our embarrassment when alone together. — Jean de la Bruyere Embarrassment Copy Share Image
Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time… — Jean de la Bruyere Doe Copy Share Image
“The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us… — Jean de La Bruyère Attitude Copy Share Image
There is a pleasure in meeting the glance of a person whom we have lately laid under some obligations. — Jean de la Bruyere Glances 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 Best way Copy Share Image
Impertinent wits are a kind of insect which are in everybody's way and plentiful in all countries. — Jean de la Bruyere Country Copy Share Image
A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. — Jean de la Bruyere Better woman Copy Share Image
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. — Jean de la Bruyere Delicate 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 Birth Copy Share Image
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. — Jean de la Bruyere Another woman 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 Ambitious Copy Share Image
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