How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! — Jean de la Bruyere Loneliness and solitude Copy Share Image
Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object. — Jean de la Bruyere Envy Copy Share Image
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. — Jean de la Bruyere Comedy Copy Share Image
We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. — Jean de la Bruyere Friendship Copy Share Image
It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men — Jean De La Bruyere Action Copy Share Image
A man without characteristics is a most insipid character. — Jean de la Bruyere Character 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 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 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 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
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
“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
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 Copy Share Image
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. — Jean de la Bruyere 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
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
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 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
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
He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at… — Jean de la Bruyere Age Copy Share Image
In art them is a point of perfection, as of goodness or maturity in nature; he who is able to perceive it,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
When we lavish our money we rob our heir; when we merely save it we rob ourselves. — Jean de la Bruyere Funny Copy Share Image
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. — Jean de la Bruyere Character Copy Share Image
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere Bored Copy Share Image
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. — Jean de la Bruyere Birth Copy Share Image
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. — Jean de la Bruyere Child Copy Share Image
Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank. — Jean de la Bruyere Confines Copy Share Image
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty. — Jean de la Bruyere Bias Copy Share Image
To speak and to offend is with some people but one and the same thing. — Jean de la Bruyere Inspirational 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 je suis de prouver que Dieu n'est pas, me decouvre son existence.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_existence_the-very-impossibility-in-which-i-find-m_1133818.png)
