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Jean de La Bruyere - From the Ambition category:
The slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many as there are who can help his career. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Authority category:
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Character category:
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Criticism category:
The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Fear category:
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. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Friendship category:
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. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Gender category:
Women run to extremes; they are either better or worse than men. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Greatness category:
The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we can see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Humour category:
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Life category:
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Loneliness category:
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Loneliness category:
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Patience category:
No road is too 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. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Procrastination category:
To delay is injustice. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Prosperity category:
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Success category:
There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Taste category:
Between good sense and good taste there is the same difference as between cause and effect. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Timeliness category:
Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late. (Jean de La Bruyere)
Jean de La Bruyere - From the Writing category:
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. (Jean de La Bruyere)
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