Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

Jean de la Bruyere
French Philosopher
Born: 1645
Died: 1696
Alone Good Life Man Speak You
Related authors: Albert Camus Blaise Pascal Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Paul Sartre Michel de Montaigne Montesquieu Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Simone Weil
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 Bruyere
Life Death Man Events Three Pain Live Birth Life And Death Born Only He Forgets Dies Being Conscious
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. Jean de la Bruyere
Music Painting Mediocrity Poetry Endured Which Public Certain Certain Things Speaking Public Speaking Things
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Jean de la Bruyere
Great Small Eminence Great Person Greater Makes Person Less Position
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
Speak Dangerous Power Cowardly Those Alive Silent About Almost Implies Dead Well While Flattery Them Should Ill Keep
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. Jean de la Bruyere
Man Master Aid Advancement His Ambitious Contribute May Persons Fortunes Many Whose Slave
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. Jean de la Bruyere
Education Society Individual Regeneration
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. Jean de la Bruyere
Truth Exact Generally Contrary Often Believed
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Jean de la Bruyere
Beautiful Pleasure Criticizing Feel Beautiful Things Very Moved Being Us Things
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
Man People Master Masters His Ambitious May Useful Who Many Slave Position
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. Jean de la Bruyere
Man World Thought Must Seem He Wishes
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. Jean de la Bruyere
Wise Fear Society Bored Wise Person Person Often Being
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 Bruyere
Death Passion Hatred Long Sick Sign Reconciliation Obstinate Surest Malady Person Lived Desire
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. Jean de la Bruyere
Men Crimes Weaknesses Vanity Than Blush Less
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Jean de la Bruyere
Mind Second-Rate Mark Telling Always Stories
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Jean de la Bruyere
Happiness Life Grief Hates Absence Person Loved Loved One Compared
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 Bruyere
Work Good Thoughts You Judge Master Other Spirits Inspires Lifts Noble Look Any Craftsman Product Your Standard Bold
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Jean de la Bruyere
Good Cause Good Taste Sense Lies Good Sense Between Effect Taste Difference
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. Jean de la Bruyere
Within Makes Politeness Should Appear
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. Jean de la Bruyere
People Composed Like Court Polished Very Hard Marble Palace
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 Man Long Too Distant Honors Haste Deliberately Road Advances Himself Without Them Who Prepares
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence. Jean de la Bruyere
God Myself Me Find Prove His Impossibility Existence Discovers Very Which
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. Jean de la Bruyere
Love Alone Together Recognize Dawn Feel Decline
Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. Jean de la Bruyere
Good Mother Father Crime Poverty Sense Good Sense Lack May
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Jean de la Bruyere
Good Mind Good Mind Writes Divinely Reasonably Thinks Mediocre
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone. Jean de la Bruyere
Love Alone Beginning Embarrassed Find End Lovers Themselves Two
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less. Jean de la Bruyere
Man Cause Give Perfect Miss Him His Friends Them Less Necessary
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