Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

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• Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Inspirational, Lying, Generosity

  "Of The Heart". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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• The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Thinking, Doe, Enough

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• It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Love Always

  "Les Caractères". Book by Jean de La Bruyère. 'Of the Affections,' #31, 1688.

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• It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Fool, Sides, Wealth

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• Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Sadness, Men, Half

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• A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Practice, Justice, Judging

  "Characters", 1688.

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• A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Greatness, Small Person, Great Person

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• A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed,
  nor attempts to govern others.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Wise, Men, Government

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• Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Familiar, Great Things, Customs

  "The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Nicholas Rowe,Volume II, Chapter I. On Judgments, 1688.

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• The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported only by aptness of expression, tone and manner.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Expression, Important, Tone

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• Friendship can exist between persons of different sexes, without any coarse or sensual feelings; yet a woman always looks upon a man as a man, and so a man will look upon a woman as a woman.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Sex, Men, Feelings

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• There are few wives so perfect as not to give their husbands at least once a day good reason to repent of ever having married, or at least of envying those who are unmarried.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Marriage, Husband, Giving

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• One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Second Chance, Mind, Stories

  "Of Opinions". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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• We all covet wealth, but not its perils.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Wealth, Peril

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• 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

  Power, Men, Advice

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• A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Attitude

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• No road is to 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

  Inspirational, Long, Goal

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• There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Life, Pain, Men

  'Les Caractéres ou les moeurs de ce siécle' (1688) 'De l'homme'

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• There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Gratitude, Excess, World

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• Out of difficulties grow miracles.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Inspirational, Moving On, Hope

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• The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Inspirational, Business, People

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• False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Lying, Vanity, Modesty

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• A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Character, Men, Doe

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• A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Keeping Secrets, Secret

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• If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Usual, Littles, Virtue

  "The "Characters" of Jean de la Bruyère". "Of Personal Merit," №20. Book by Jean de La Bruyère. Translated by Henri Van Laun, 1885.

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