Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
writing men thinking
A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.
fear fall thinking
There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect makes us shudder; but if they happen to fall on us, we find ourselves stronger than we imagined, we grapple with our ill luck, and behave better than we expected we should.
thinking wish taste
We should only endeavour to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over to our taste and opinions.
pain successful thinking
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the contrary, who is very impatient in procuring a certain thing, takes so much pains about it, that, even when he is successful, he does not think himself sufficiently rewarded.
men thinking dignity
Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows on men in granting them wealth, money, dignities, and other advantages, than the manner in which they are distributed and the kind of men who have the largest share.
love dream thinking
To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
writing thinking mind
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
thinking imagination phantoms
They who, without any previous knowledge of us, think amiss of us, do us no harm; they attack not us, but the phantom of their own imagination.
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.
thinking way forget
To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else.
thinking doe enough
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.
thinking dupes deceit
You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?
revenge hate thinking
It is through madness that we hate an enemy, and think of revenging ourselves; and it is through indolence that we are appeased, and do not revenge ourselves.
mean thinking forget
To forget someone means to think of him.