Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
mother father stupidity
If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father.
inspirational goal long
No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it
pleasure sensible delicate
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.
men rocks gambling
I am not surprised that there are gambling houses, like so many snares laid for human avarice; like abysses where many a man's money is engulfed and swallowed up without any hope of return; like frightful rocks against which the gamblers are thrown and perish.
believe men fool
A fool is one whom simpletons believe to be a man on merit. [Fr., Un fat celui que les sots croient un homme de merite.]
caprice antidote
Caprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.
wise fear bores-you
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
inspirational self-esteem self-worth
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
inspirational hope adversity
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
love quiet-voice romance
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
cannot
He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
running country loss
When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.
art blood tyrants
Tyranny has no need of arts or sciences, for its policy, which is very shallow and without any refinement, only consists in shedding blood.
keys language
Languages are the keys of science.