Firsts Quote by Jean de la Bruyere Download Open image “The greatest part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable.” — Jean de la Bruyere ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Firsts Fucked Greatest Mankind Inspirational Lasts Make Miserable Mankind Mankind Employ Miserable Nature of man Years Youth
What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away? — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time,… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
For the last few years, it's been so chic for everybody to be miserable. Like if you're in with the cool crowd, you can't… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
The entire culture was organized for people who are happy. People who are miserable need reassurance that other people are miserable. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
In a century or two, or in a millennium, people will live in a new way, a happier way. We won"t be there to… — Anton Chekhov 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
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A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
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When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
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I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image