Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
Jean de la Bruyere quotes about
expression important tone
The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported only by aptness of expression, tone and manner.
love-life age dread
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.
time hours particular
Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own.
time years months
Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time.
honesty truth growing
A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.
secret secrecy
We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love.
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.
teaching ignorance men
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who knows a great deal can't imagine that what he is saying is not common knowledge, and speaks more indifferently.
faithful adultery concerned
A faithless woman, if known to be such by the person concerned, is but faithless ; if she is believed faithful, she is treacherous.
merit alive reputation
When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.
birth-life-and-death suffering three
There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.
temptation dread
Anything is a temptation to those who dread it.
secret
We confide our secret to a friend, but in love it escapes us.