Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
hate hatred stubborn
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death.
honesty truth growing
A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.
sadness men firsts
Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable.
power men advice
There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.
running men risk
A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.
secret secrecy
We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love.
employment pay needs
We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is the business of others.
sublime eloquence whole
Eloquence is to the sublime what the whole is to the part.
digestion purpose born
Born merely for the purpose of digestion.
hero valet
Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
practice justice judging
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice.
keys language despise
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other.
greatness men valet
The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.
revenge hate enemy
It is weakness which makes us hate an enemy and seek revenge, and it is idleness that pacifies us and causes us to neglect it.