Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
writing truth-is
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately.
heart soul firsts
We never love with all our heart and all our soul but once, and that is the first time.
friendship long growth
Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.
heart people intellect
We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.
talking littles too-much
We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.
truth men opposites
The opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth. [Fr., Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires ou des personnes est souvent la verite.]
self people amiable
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.
friendship suffering faults
In Friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves.
friendship men taste
Pure friendship is something which men of an inferior intellect can never taste.
jealousy men causes
Men are the cause of women not loving one another. [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point.]
keys language
Languages are the keys of science.
running risk thrown
A good saying often runs the risk of being thrown away when quoted as the speaker's own. [Fr., C'est souvent hasarder un bon mot et vouloir le perdre que de le donner pour sien.]
vices feels huge
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves.
wealth peril
We all covet wealth, but not its perils.