Jean De La Bruyere Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Jean De La Bruyere quotes, Jean De La Bruyere sayings, and Jean De La Bruyere proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it Jean De La Bruyere
We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much. Jean De La Bruyere
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. Jean De La Bruyere
Children have neither past nor future - they rejoice in the present. Jean de la Bruyère
We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much. Jean De La Bruyere
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds habits and novelty. Jean De La Bruyere
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone. Jean de la Bruyère
Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller. Jean De La Bruyere
We dread old age, which are not sure of being able to attain. Jean De La Bruyere
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. Jean De La Bruyere
Death happens but once, yet we feel it every moment of our lives; it is worse to dread it than to suffer it. Jean De La Bruyere
That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect. Jean de la Bruyère
To delay is injustice. Jean De La Bruyere
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. Jean De La Bruyere
A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his income. Jean De La Bruyere
There is nothing men are so anxious to keep, and yet are so careless about, as life. Jean De La Bruyere
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. Jean De La Bruyere
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. Jean De La Bruyere
The beginning and the decline of love are both marked by the embarrassment the lovers feel to be alone together. Jean de La Bruyère
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Jean De La Bruyere
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Jean De La Bruyere
In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as little removed from a knave. Jean De La Bruyere
False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie. Jean De La Bruyere
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. Jean De La Bruyere
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. Jean De La Bruyere
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Jean De La Bruyere
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. Jean De La Bruyere
To speak and to offend, with some people, are but one and the same thing; their words are fraught with gall and wormwood, from a proud, splenetic, and malevolent disposition; it had been well for them, had they been born stupid or mute; the little vivacity and wit they have, prejudice them more than dulness does others. They are not always satisfied with giving sharp answers; they insolently attack the present, and wound the character of the absent; they bristle up and butt on all sides like rams; and impudence being as natural to them as horns to a ram, no ridicule, no satire, can work upon these untractable savages; we had better at first sight betake ourselves to our heels, and by a prudent flight avoid their molestations. Jean de La Bruyère
There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur. which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy; and a false wisdom, which is prudery. Jean De La Bruyere
There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame: life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. Jean de La Bruyère