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Being Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
- The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
- We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
- The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
- There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and…
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