The opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth. [Fr., Le contraire des bruits qui courent… — Jean de la Bruyere Men Copy Share Image
The fool only is troublesome. A plan of sense perceives when he is agreeable or tiresome; he disappears the very minute before… — Jean de la Bruyere Conversation Copy Share Image
The greatest part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable. — Jean de la Bruyere Firsts 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
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 Harm Copy Share Image
A man in health questions whether there is a God, and he also doubts whether it be a sin to have intercourse… — Jean de la Bruyere Believe 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 mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food,--they nourish, but at the same time they consume… — Jean de la Bruyere Mind Copy Share Image
A man without characteristics is a most insipid character. — Jean de la Bruyere Character 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
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
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less. — Jean de la Bruyere Perfect Copy Share Image
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. — Jean de la Bruyere Children 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 Fun Copy Share Image
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. [Fr., Les hommes rougissent moins de leur crimes que de… — Jean de la Bruyere Crime 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
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
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. — Jean de la Bruyere Duty Copy Share Image
To bewail the loss of a person we love is a happiness compared with the necessity of living with one we hate. — Jean de la Bruyere Happiness Copy Share Image
The reason that women do not love one another is - men. — Jean de la Bruyere Cynical Copy Share Image
Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less. — Jean de la Bruyere Great men Copy Share Image
What can be more discouraging to a man than to doubt if his soul be material, like a stone or a reptile,… — Jean de la Bruyere Corruption Copy Share Image
Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable. — Jean de la Bruyere Firsts Copy Share Image
