Inspiring Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere - Page 2

"A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought"

"A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself"

"A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position"

"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates"

"Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late"

"Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do"

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

"Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future"

"Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect"