Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
men world manners
A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.
mind
The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food,--they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.
women men hands
A woman is easily governed, if a man takes her in hand.
women heart majority
The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.
character world moments
Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.
writing simple expression
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.
mean thinking forget
To forget someone means to think of him.
character men doe
A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.
wish esteem ifs
If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable.
thinking speak moments
There are some who speak one moment before they think
christian citizens wealth
Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.
men good-man would-be
It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.
opportunity genius done
Genius and great abilities are often wanting; sometimes, only opportunities. Some deserve praise for what they have done; others for what they would have done.
doctors charlatans dies
The doctors allow one to die, the charlatans kill.