Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère

"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us."
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"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us."
Jean de La Bruyère
"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored."
Jean de La Bruyère
"All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone."
Jean de La Bruyère
"All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone."
Jean de La Bruyère
"Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity."
Jean de La Bruyère
"It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?"
Jean de La Bruyère
"The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education."
Jean de La Bruyère
"It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues."
Jean de La Bruyère
"Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker."
Jean de La Bruyère
"The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest."
Jean de La Bruyère
"Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank."
Jean de La Bruyère
"Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property."
Jean de La Bruyère
"A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less."
Jean de La Bruyère
"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 Bruyère
"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking."
Jean de La Bruyère
"The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation."
Jean de La Bruyère
"There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."
Jean de La Bruyère
"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 Bruyère
"When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman."
Jean de La Bruyère
"At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone."
Jean de La Bruyère
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