“A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.” Quote by 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
“Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise.” MenFallFailureFortuneShortcomings Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which they practice so imperfectly!” MenBelieveLittlesGodPracticeSakeExcessChaste Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise; one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us.” LoveGivingLooksWeaknessFairsSurpriseDetermineFavorsWarningDispositionGlances Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“There are few wives so perfect as not to give their husbands at least once a day good reason to repent of ever having married, or at least of envying those who are unmarried.” GivingReasonPerfectMarriageWifeHusbandMarriedRepentUnmarried Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform to other men's opinions than to bring them over to ours.” MenWellsOpinionEasierConform Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“There are some extraordinary fathers, who seem, during the whole course of their lives, to be giving their children reasons for being consoled at their death.” GivingChildrenReasonWholeSeemsCoursesFatherParentExtraordinary Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses.” MenLevelsPartyMassLoyaltyPettyGreatest Man Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed.” PeopleAgePassionFashionPietyInfirmity Author:Jean de la Bruyere