“Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.”
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Famous Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
“A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.”
“No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less.”
“Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else.”
“A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.”
“When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.”
“A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.”
“Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched.”
“A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.”
“It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.”
“A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.”
“A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.”
“Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise.”
“Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses.”
“A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.”