Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect. Jean de la Bruyere More Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere More Quotes From Jean de la Bruyere We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice Jean de la Bruyere practice doe world The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it Jean de la Bruyere judging practice justice The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Jean de la Bruyere huge vices feels We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. Jean de la Bruyere aggravation love life We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. Jean de la Bruyere happy happiness laughing There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. Jean de la Bruyere public-speaking mediocrity painting 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 passion hate death The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. Jean de la Bruyere humorous funny ideas A woman is easily governed, if a man takes her in hand. Jean de la Bruyere women men hands If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable. Jean de la Bruyere esteem ifs wish A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet the best people on an equal footing. This is harder for a married man: marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank. Jean de la Bruyere wedding seems men 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 ambition work men A good author, and one who writes carefully, often discovers that the expression of which he has been in search without being able to discover it, and which he has at last found, is that which was the most simple, the most natural, and which seems as if it ought to have presented itself at once, without effort, to the mind. Jean de la Bruyere simple expression writing To forget someone means to think of him. Jean de la Bruyere forget mean thinking The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. Jean de la Bruyere fine-things pleasure criticism Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own. Jean de la Bruyere hours particular time We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Jean de la Bruyere love-life dread age They that have lived a single day have lived an age. Jean de la Bruyere age birthday life The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. Jean de la Bruyere palaces mean people The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Jean de la Bruyere amiable self people
