Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
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Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
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The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
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The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
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All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
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The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.
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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.
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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
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Love and friendship exclude each other.
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The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.
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At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
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A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.
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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.
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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.