Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
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-love selfishness wish
We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love.
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.
greatness men good-man
The Great slight the men of wit, who have nothing but wit; the men of wit despise the Great, who have nothing but greatness; the good man pities them both, if with greatness or wit they have not virtue.
wealth peril
We all covet wealth, but not its perils.
christian citizens wealth
Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.
opportunity genius done
Genius and great abilities are often wanting; sometimes, only opportunities. Some deserve praise for what they have done; others for what they would have done.