Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
pain failure thinking
He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it.
wealth fortune
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one.
silence judgment silent
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.
spring ignorance vanity
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy.
appreciation men wish
Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.
sound-judgment world pearls
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.
friendship pests guests
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
beautiful criticism pleasure
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
fun men long
As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.
property all-things lawsuit
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
loneliness spring being-alone
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
mediocrity speech painting
There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet's bombast!
running country loss
When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.
loyalty party men
Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses.