Jean de la Bruyere Quotes - 9quotes.com

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At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
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.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
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.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
Written by 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.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
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.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
Written by Jean de la Bruyere

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