Quotes by : Jean de la Bruyere

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....

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.....

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.

There are no ugly women there are only women who do not know how to look pretty.

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present which seldom happens to us.

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.

Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.