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 Believe Copy Share Image
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant… — Jean de la Bruyere Haste 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 Amount 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 Authorship Copy Share Image
There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much… — Jean de la Bruyere Fame Copy Share Image
When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of… — Jean de la Bruyere Alive Copy Share Image
Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive. — Jean de la Bruyere Believe Copy Share Image
It is too much for a husband to have a wife who is a coquette and sanctimonious as well; she should select… — Jean de la Bruyere Coquette 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 Adventure 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 Ferocity Copy Share Image
The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace only excel other writers… — Jean de la Bruyere Books 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 Insults Copy Share Image
Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present. [Fr., Les enfants n'ont… — Jean de la Bruyere Child 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 Advantage 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 Character 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 Common Copy Share Image
“A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.” — Jean de La Bruyère Value Copy Share Image
Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued. — Jean de la Bruyere Appreciation Copy Share Image
Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.] — Jean de la Bruyere Greatness 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 Birth Copy Share Image
Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered… — Jean de la Bruyere All kinds Copy Share Image
It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean de la Bruyere Judgment Copy Share Image
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. — Jean de la Bruyere Associates Copy Share Image
Love has this in common with scruples, that it becomes embittered by the reflections and the thoughts that beset us to free… — Jean de la Bruyere Common Copy Share Image
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the… — Jean de la Bruyere Advancement 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 Action Copy Share Image
A long disease seems to be a halting place between life and death, that death itself may be a comfort to those… — Jean de la Bruyere Behinds 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 Great men Copy Share Image
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. — Jean de la Bruyere Ill Copy Share Image
If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue? — Jean de la Bruyere Ifs Copy Share Image
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. — Jean de la Bruyere All things Copy Share Image
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. — Jean de la Bruyere Fortune 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 Depends Copy Share Image
Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction,… — Jean de la Bruyere Character Copy Share Image
No vice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of… — Jean de la Bruyere Advantage 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 Clone Copy Share Image
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. — Jean de la Bruyere Duty 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 Amount Copy Share Image
The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty Reasoning on Policy, and vain Conjectures on the public Management. — Jean de la Bruyere Conjecture Copy Share Image
For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the humblest of husbands can bear; she… — Jean de la Bruyere Bears Copy Share Image
![“Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present. [Fr., Les enfants n'ont ni passe ni avenir; et, ce qui ne nous arrive guere, ils jouissent du present.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/672/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_childhood_children-have-neither-past-nor-future-an_942458.jpg)
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