Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
Jean de la Bruyere

May, Useful, Position

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
Jean de la Bruyere

Good, Wise, Talk

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
Jean de la Bruyere

Life, Happy, Pretty

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?
Jean de la Bruyere

Smile, Live, Giving

Love and friendship exclude each other.
Jean de la Bruyere

Love, Friendship, Exclude

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.
Jean de la Bruyere

Happy, Laugh, May

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.
Jean de la Bruyere

Makes, Within, Appear

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.
Jean de la Bruyere

Education, Society, Individual

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
Jean de la Bruyere

Patience, Long, Road

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
Jean de la Bruyere

Love, Friendship, Time

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.
Jean de la Bruyere

Two, Minds, Quite

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
Jean de la Bruyere

Power, Keep, Speak

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
Jean de la Bruyere

Great, Person, Small

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
Jean de la Bruyere

Good, Sense, Between

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
Jean de la Bruyere

Future, Past, Children

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
Jean de la Bruyere

Future, Past, Children

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.
Jean de la Bruyere

Great, Men, Best

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
Jean de la Bruyere

Cannot, Stand, Walk

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.
Jean de la Bruyere

God, Person, Speak

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
Jean de la Bruyere

Death, Die, Others

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
Jean de la Bruyere

Character, Care, High

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
Jean de la Bruyere

Great, Giving, Less

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
Jean de la Bruyere

Book, Making, Needs

Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.
Jean de la Bruyere

Marriage, Seems, Proper

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
Jean de la Bruyere

Men, Less, Vanity

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: 1645

Died: 1696

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