Manners Quote by Jean de la Bruyere Download Open image “A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.” — Jean de la Bruyere ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Manners Men This world World
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself. — 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 Copy Share Image
It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
A man's worth is measured by how he parents his children. What he gives them, what he keeps away from them, the lessons he… — Lisa Rogers Copy Share Image
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“The true worth of a man isn’t measured by how he reacts during times of plenty. It is measured by how he reacts during… — Lili Zander Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only unfaithful. If she is thought faithful, she is perfidious. — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face… — Jean de la Bruyere 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 within himself… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes his taste… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr.,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time. — Frederic Raphael Copy Share Image
My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
To be polite to everybody except the people they love most is a nervous affectation that afflicts many families ... when they come home,… — Margaret Fishback Copy Share Image
I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit in the… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
To follow good manners willingly is like paving the road and to tell somebody to follow them is like the road which is always… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
The only way to have a funeral is to invite everyone who ever knew the person and just wait for the accident to happen-somebody… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“What a nice thing to say," Mom said, standing up a little straighter, as if she'd been watered. Marlena's manners were unpracticed, but she… — Julie Buntin Copy Share Image
The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this:… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
![“The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcf/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_built_the-court-is-like-a-palace-built-of-marb_77288.jpg)
