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.
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.
love-always
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all.
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.
sanctuary mediocrity honest
I take sanctuary in an honest mediocrity.
genius talent proportion
Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du tout a sa partie.]
wrinkles age excess
Too great carelessness, equally with excess in dress, multiplies the wrinkles of old age, and makes its decay still more conspicuous.