Quotes by : Jean de la Bruyere

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing that from dread of losing it....

The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick....

A modest man never talks of himself.

There is no business in the world so troublesome as the pursuit of fame: life is over before you have....

A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgement to be silent.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.