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Letter "J" » Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
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«A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«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.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
«Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.»
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
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