Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
life men anxious
There is nothing men are so anxious to keep, and yet are so careless about, as life.
life years numbers
Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to count up the hours we spent agreeably, a great number of years would hardly make up a life of a few months.
life blessing giving
Life is short and tedious, and is wholly spent in wishing; we trust to find rest and enjoyment at some future time, often at an age when our best blessings, youth and health, have already left us. When at last I that time has arrived, it surprises us in the midst of fresh desires; we have got no farther when we are attacked by a fever which kills us; if we had been cured, it would only have been to give us more time for other desires.
love life aggravation
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
life birthday age
They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
love life ifs
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
inspirational time life-is-too-short
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
thinking unhappy life-is
When life is unhappy it is hard to endure, when it is happy it is terrible to think of it ending. Both amount to the same thing in the end.
life men lasts
Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable.
love-life age dread
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.
men birth-life-and-death suffering
There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they die, and they neglect to live.
life sleep men
Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.
life men firsts
Most men employ the first part of life to make the other part miserable. [Fr., La plupart des hommes emploient la premiere part vie a rendre l'autre miserable.]
birth-life-and-death suffering three
There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.