How happy the station which every moment furnishes opportunities of doing good to thousands! How dangerous that which every moment exposes to… — Jean de la Bruyere Danger Copy Share Image
A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen. — Jean de la Bruyere Citizens Copy Share Image
The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you. — Jean de la Bruyere Advantage Copy Share Image
The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is… — Jean de la Bruyere Concerned Copy Share Image
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death. — Jean de la Bruyere Death Copy Share Image
To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose… — Jean de la Bruyere Excess Copy Share Image
Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must… — Jean de la Bruyere Age 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
A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet… — Jean de la Bruyere Every man Copy Share Image
As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his… — Jean de la Bruyere Character Copy Share Image
A coquette is one that is never to be persuaded out of the passion she has to please, nor out of a… — Jean de la Bruyere Age Copy Share Image
It takes talent to please the people in a sermon by a flowery style, a cheerful ethic, brilliant sallies and lively descriptions;… — Jean de la Bruyere Brilliant Copy Share Image
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discloses to me His existence. [Fr., L'impossibilite ou… — Jean de la Bruyere Existence Copy Share Image
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to… — Jean de la Bruyere Craftsman Copy Share Image
The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for… — Jean de la Bruyere Bombast 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 wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail. — Jean de la Bruyere Doe Copy Share Image
We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it — Jean De La Bruyere Faults Copy Share Image
There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies… — Jean de la Bruyere Birth Copy Share Image
A fool is one whom simpletons believe to be a man on merit. [Fr., Un fat celui que les sots croient un… — Jean de la Bruyere Be a man Copy Share Image
There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of… — Jean de la Bruyere Industry Copy Share Image
Death happens but once, yet we feel it every moment of our lives; it is worse to dread it than to suffer… — Jean de la Bruyere Death Copy Share Image
There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others. — Jean De La Bruyere Industry Copy Share Image
High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither… — Jean de la Bruyere Birth 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 Enemy 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 Attack Copy Share Image
Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say… — Jean de la Bruyere Conversation Copy Share Image
It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform to other men's opinions than to bring them over to ours. — Jean de la Bruyere Conform Copy Share Image
The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw… — Jean de la Bruyere Charm Copy Share Image
No road is too long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry, and no attainment is beyond his reach who… — Jean de la Bruyere Achieve Copy Share Image
There is what is called the highway to posts and honor, and there is a cross and by way, which is much… — Jean de la Bruyere Crosses Copy Share Image
One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit. — Jean de la Bruyere Charter Copy Share Image
I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect… — Jean de la Bruyere Eclipse Copy Share Image
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else. — Jean de la Bruyere Court Copy Share Image
For a long time visits among lovers and professions of love are kept up through habit, after their behavior has plainly proved… — Jean de la Bruyere Behavior Copy Share Image
The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things — Jean De La Bruyere Criticism Copy Share Image
Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late. — Jean de la Bruyere Everything Copy Share Image
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean de la Bruyere Certain Copy Share Image
An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the… — Jean de la Bruyere Censure Copy Share Image
Too great carelessness, equally with excess in dress, multiplies the wrinkles of old age, and makes its decay still more conspicuous. — Jean de la Bruyere Age Copy Share Image
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