We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. — Jean de la Bruyere Comedy Copy Share Image
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side. — Jean de la Bruyere Fool Copy Share Image
Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time. — Jean de la Bruyere All time Copy Share Image
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. — Jean de la Bruyere Being happy Copy Share Image
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. — Jean de la Bruyere Community 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
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
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
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
We need not envy certain people their great wealth; they acquired it at a heavy cost, which would not suit us; they… — Jean de la Bruyere Bargains Copy Share Image
The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone. [Fr., Le commencement et… — Jean de la Bruyere Amour 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
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
Foolish jokers are thick on the ground, and it rains insects of that sort everywhere. A good joker is a rarity; even… — Jean de la Bruyere Country Copy Share Image
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
There is nothing men are so anxious to keep, and yet are so careless about, as life. — Jean de la Bruyere Anxiety Copy Share Image
A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself. — Jean de la Bruyere Accounts Copy Share Image
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.” — Jean de La Bruyère Brevity Copy Share Image
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone. — Jean de la Bruyere Comes Copy Share Image
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. — Jean de la Bruyere Child Copy Share Image
Women are extreme; they are better than men, or worse. — Jean de la Bruyere Extremes Copy Share Image
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. — Jean de la Bruyere Funny Copy Share Image
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. — Jean de la Bruyere Love Copy Share Image
A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness. — Jean de la Bruyere Domesticity Copy Share Image
Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise. — Jean de la Bruyere Failure Copy Share Image
Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses. — Jean de la Bruyere Greatest man Copy Share Image
If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed. — Jean de la Bruyere Funny Copy Share Image
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. — Jean de la Bruyere Age Copy Share Image
The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men. — Jean de la Bruyere Approach Copy Share Image
![“The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone. [Fr., Le commencement et le declin de l'amour se font sentir par l'embarras ou l'on est de se trouver seuls.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2ca/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_amour_the-beginning-and-the-end-of-love-are-bo_2120948.jpg)
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