Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
existence prove impossibility
The very impossibility which I find to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.
women men dislike
It is because of men that women dislike one another.
sweet solitude passing
How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude!
essence people our-words
The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.
kindness finest pleasure
The finest pleasure is kindness to others.
giving wells deals
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
men innocent-man citizens
A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen.
wise men trying
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
character people understanding
People reveal their character even in the simplest things they do. Fools do not enter a room, nor leave it, nor sit down, nor rise, nor are they silent, nor do they stand up, like people of sense and understanding.
dog kings views
You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.
manners should politeness
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.
second-chance mind telling-stories
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
believe ignorance men
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
people risk culture
One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.