“A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.” WayShowsTruthCertainRichGrowingHonestyAmountProfession Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old.” AgeCertainBecomingOld Age Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the contrary, who is very impatient in procuring a certain thing, takes so much pains about it, that, even when he is successful, he does not think himself sufficiently rewarded.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsDoePainDesireCertainWaitingKnow HowSuccessfulFailingContraryDesperateImpatientObtaining Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“We need not envy certain people their great wealth; they acquired it at a heavy cost, which would not suit us; they staked their rest, their health, their honour and their conscience to acquire it, the price is too high, and there is nothing to be gained by such a bargain.” MenMindMadeCertainGivenWealthClassConsciencePaidDearEnvyRichesEnormousSuitsPeace Of MindHonourBargains Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“When a plain-looking woman is loved, it is certain to be very passionately ; for either her influence on her lover is irresistible, or she has some secret and more irresistible charms than those of beauty.” CertainSecretInfluenceLoversCharmIrresistible Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Whatever is certain in death is slightly alleviated by what is not so infallible; the time when it shall happen is undefined, but it is more or less connected with the infinite, and what we call eternity.” HappensCertainEternityInfiniteConnectedInfallibleUndefined Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our manners, others may be content with us and with themselves.” MaySeemsSpiritCertainAttentionMannersPolitenessOur Words Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“What is certain in death is somewhat softened by what is uncertain; it is an indefiniteness in the time, which holds a certain relation to the infinite, and what is called eternity.” DeathCertainEternityRelationInfiniteUncertain Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.” CertainPaintingMediocrityPublic SpeakingSpeaking In PublicFear Of Public Speaking Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native genius. In the hands of a man who has read widely but lacks judgment, applied to certain subjects it can corrupt both its readers and the writer himself.” MenHardHandsCertainSubjectsTalentHard WorkReaderGeniusHabitJudgmentCriticismCriticsWitCraftsNativeGood HealthSelf Criticism Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet's bombast!” CertainPaintingPoetSpeechRateTortureMediocrityVersesEloquenceSecond RateFrigid Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else.” ThinkingWayCertainForgetEndeavorWay Of Thinking Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.” PeopleDesireCertainLosesLosingDreadUndone Author:Jean de la Bruyere
