39 Quotes By Jean De La Bruyère


They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
Jean de la Bruyere on age

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
Jean de la Bruyere on alone

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
Jean de la Bruyere on alone

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere on alone

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
Jean de la Bruyere on alone

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
Jean de la Bruyere on alone

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere on alone

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
Jean de la Bruyere on death

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
Jean de la Bruyere on death

The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
Jean de la Bruyere on death

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 on death

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.
Jean de la Bruyere on education

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
Jean de la Bruyere on fear

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
Jean de la Bruyere on fear

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
Jean de la Bruyere on fear

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
Jean de la Bruyere on friendship

Love and friendship exclude each other.
Jean de la Bruyere on friendship

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
Jean de la Bruyere on future

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
Jean de la Bruyere on future

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
Jean de la Bruyere on happiness