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
love quiet-voice romance
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
time children future
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.
being-alone being-sad inability
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
spring ignorance vanity
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy.
sound-judgment world pearls
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.
plato character mean
The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace only excel other writers by their expressions and images; we must indicate what is true if we mean to write naturally, forcibly and delicately.
resources conversation charm
The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.
caprice decency
Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.
secret persons ifs
If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed.
love-always
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all.
secret lovers influence
When a plain-looking woman is loved, it is certain to be very passionately ; for either her influence on her lover is irresistible, or she has some secret and more irresistible charms than those of beauty.
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.
envy hatred together
Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object.