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
beauty girl use
To how many girls has a great beauty been of no other use but to make them expect a large fortune!
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.
pride men forgiving
It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining of him; his pride is not assuaged till he has regained the advantages he lost and put the other person in the wrong.
love-is
Love begins with love ; and the warmest friendship cannot change even to the coldest love.
expression voice style
Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty language, as they are only kept up by expression, tone of voice, and style of delivery.
versailles manners caught
Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.
hard-work men play
Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.
challenges cost birth
High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.
sight voice lovely
A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love.