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Jean De La Bruyere Quotes

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others Picture Quote #1

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent Picture Quote #1

A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise; one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us Picture Quote #1

As riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity Picture Quote #1

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes Picture Quote #1

Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they’ll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already Picture Quote #1

Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native genius. In the hands of a man who has read widely but lacks judgment, applied to certain subjects it can corrupt both its readers and the writer himself Picture Quote #1

Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive Picture Quote #1

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From time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by their virtue, and whose outstanding qualities shed a stupendous light. Like those extraordinary stars of whose origins we are ignorant, and of whose fate, once they have vanished, we know even less, such men have neither forebears nor descendants: they are the whole of their race Picture Quote #1

That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect Picture Quote #1

False greatness is unsociable and remote: conscious of its own frailty, it hides, or at least averts its face, and reveals itself only enough to create an illusion and not be recognized as the meanness that it really is. True greatness is free, kind, familiar and popular; it lets itself be touched and handled, it loses nothing by being seen at close quarters; the better one knows it, the more one admires it Picture Quote #1

He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it Picture Quote #1

A slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortune Picture Quote #1

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us Picture Quote #1

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Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late Picture Quote #1

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all Picture Quote #1

The shortest and best ways to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours Picture Quote #1

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled Picture Quote #1

The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls Picture Quote #1

There is, however, nothing wanting to the idleness of a philosopher but a better name, and that meditation, conversation, and reading should be called work Picture Quote #1

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If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty Picture Quote #1

There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by one’s own industry, or by the stupidity of others Picture Quote #1

The common people have scarcely any culture, the great have no soul... Were I to choose between the two, I should select, without hesitation, being a plebeian Picture Quote #1

There is no business in this world so troublesome as the pursuit of fame: life is over before you have hardly begun your work Picture Quote #1

There exists scarcely any man so accomplished, or so necessary to his own family, but he has some failing which will diminish their regret at his loss Picture Quote #1

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent Picture Quote #1

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It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) 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 (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) 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 (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise; one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) As riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they’ll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native genius. In the hands of a man who has read widely but lacks judgment, applied to certain subjects it can corrupt both its readers and the writer himself (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) From time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by their virtue, and whose outstanding qualities shed a stupendous light. Like those extraordinary stars of whose origins we are ignorant, and of whose fate, once they have vanished, we know even less, such men have neither forebears nor descendants: they are the whole of their race (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) False greatness is unsociable and remote: conscious of its own frailty, it hides, or at least averts its face, and reveals itself only enough to create an illusion and not be recognized as the meanness that it really is. True greatness is free, kind, familiar and popular; it lets itself be touched and handled, it loses nothing by being seen at close quarters; the better one knows it, the more one admires it (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) A slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortune (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) The shortest and best ways to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) There is, however, nothing wanting to the idleness of a philosopher but a better name, and that meditation, conversation, and reading should be called work (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by one’s own industry, or by the stupidity of others (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) The common people have scarcely any culture, the great have no soul... Were I to choose between the two, I should select, without hesitation, being a plebeian (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) There is no business in this world so troublesome as the pursuit of fame: life is over before you have hardly begun your work (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) There exists scarcely any man so accomplished, or so necessary to his own family, but he has some failing which will diminish their regret at his loss (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes) It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent (Jean De La Bruyere Quotes)

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