Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. Jean de la Bruyere on health
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. Jean de la Bruyere on legal
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. Jean de la Bruyere on love
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together. Jean de la Bruyere on love
Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank. Jean de la Bruyere on marriage
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. Jean de la Bruyere on men
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. Jean de la Bruyere on men
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. Jean de la Bruyere on music
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience. Jean de la Bruyere on patience
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. Jean de la Bruyere on poetry
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 on power
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. Jean de la Bruyere on sad
It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile? Jean de la Bruyere on smile
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. Jean de la Bruyere on society
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. Jean de la Bruyere on society
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. Jean de la Bruyere on time
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. Jean de la Bruyere on truth
Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth. Jean de la Bruyere on truth
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Jean De La Bruyère on absence