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
honesty truth growing
A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.
running men risk
A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.
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.
practice justice judging
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice.
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.
wise wisdom men
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
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.
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.
reading writing common-sense
The same common sense which makes an author write good things, makes him dread they are not good enough to deserve reading.
mind
The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food,--they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.
death hate passion
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.