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 More Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere More Quotes From Jean de la Bruyere The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. Jean de la Bruyere individual society education Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Jean de la Bruyere crafts book needs Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it. Jean de la Bruyere fashion husband death Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. Jean de la Bruyere political men needs Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker. Jean de la Bruyere stronger time love A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Jean de la Bruyere wise doe men 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. Jean de la Bruyere drawing conversation lying A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?' Jean de la Bruyere care character people One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Jean de la Bruyere dies may laughing One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit. Jean de la Bruyere risk culture people Jesting is often only indigence of intellect. Jean de la Bruyere jest intellect A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were. Jean de la Bruyere atheist kings men There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by one's own industry or profiting by the foolishness of others. Jean de la Bruyere success two way To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Jean de la Bruyere truth-is writing Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. Jean de la Bruyere pearls sound world If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other. Jean de la Bruyere pain unhappy life There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet's bombast! Jean de la Bruyere mediocrity painting speech At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone. Jean de la Bruyere dream love life Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. Jean de la Bruyere two-friends forgiveness friendship When we lavish our money we rob our heir; when we merely save it we rob ourselves. Jean de la Bruyere heirs money
