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
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. — Jean de la Bruyere 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 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
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. — Jean de la Bruyere Fortune 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
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 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
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 finest and most beautiful ideas on morals and manners have been swept away before our times, and nothing is left for… — Jean de la Bruyere Ancients Copy Share Image
It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
An inconstant woman is one who is no longer in love; a false woman is one who is already in love with… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Whatever is certain in death is slightly alleviated by what is not so infallible; the time when it shall happen is undefined,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A look of intelligence is what regularity of features is to women: it is a styule of beauty to which the most… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it… — Jean de la Bruyere Character 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 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
Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive. — Jean de la Bruyere 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 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
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
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 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
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. — Jean de la Bruyere 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
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 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 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
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
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 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
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in… — Jean de la Bruyere Ambitious Copy Share Image
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?' — Jean de la Bruyere Birth Copy Share Image
![“A look of intelligence is what regularity of features is to women: it is a styule of beauty to which the most vain may aspire. [Fr., L'air spirituel est dans les hommes ce que la regularite des traits est dans les femmes: c'est le genre de beaute ou les plus vains puissent aspirer.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_air_a-look-of-intelligence-is-what-regularit_2879876.jpg)
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