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
time children future
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.
vices feels huge
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves.
jewels world pearls
The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. [Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.]
heirs misery spendthrift
The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.
manners should politeness
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.
self-esteem self-worth desire
We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.
time hours particular
Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own.
time years months
Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time.
honesty truth growing
A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.
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.
temptation dread
Anything is a temptation to those who dread it.