“You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?”
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Famous Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
“A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.”
“If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father.”
“If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.”
“If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed.”
“If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable.”
“We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love.”
“If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable.”
“Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.”
“One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.”
“If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.”
“A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.”
“If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.”