Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
silence judgment silent
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.
time children future
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.
love dream laughter
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
life pain men
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.
life regret men
Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time they have yet to live.
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.