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.
loneliness spring being-alone
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
success two world
There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by one's own industry or profiting by the foolishness of others. [Fr., Il n'y a au monde que deux manieres de s'elever, ou par sa propre industrie, ou par l'imbecilite des autres.]
causes merit birth
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed.
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.
passion wrinkles years
A coquette is one that is never to be persuaded out of the passion she has to please, nor out of a good opinion of her own beauty: time and years she regards as things that only wrinkle and decay other women, forgetting that age is written in the face, and that the same dress which became her when she was young now only makes her look older.
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.
doe vices virtue
No vice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of this assumed resemblance.