Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
ambitious french-philosopher man masters people useful
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
people decision arrogance
Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence.
heart two people
Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart, the other of the mind.
work believe people
The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you.
character people care
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
people ears palaces
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
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.
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.
people risk culture
One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.
fashion passion people
Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed.
people desire losing
There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.
inspirational business people
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.
mean people palaces
The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]
self people amiable
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.