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“Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time they have yet to live.”

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Jean de la Bruyere

Jean de la Bruyere was a French philosopher and moralist, born on August 16, 1645, and died on May 10, 1696. His works have had a profound impact on posterity. more

“Life is short and tedious, and is wholly spent in wishing; we trust to find rest and enjoyment at some future time, often at an age when our best blessings, youth and health, have already left us. When at last I that time has arrived, it surprises us in the midst of fresh desires; we have got no farther when we are attacked by a fever which kills us; if we had been cured, it would only have been to give us more time for other desires.”

Ifs Life Giving Has Beens Age Lasts Life Is Desire Left Wish Youth Blessing Surprise Enjoyment Midst More Time Life Is Short Fever Tedious Future Time

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“We should like those whom we love to receive all their happiness, or, if this were impossible, all their unhappiness from our hands.”

Ifs Love Should Hands Impossible Unhappiness

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13, 1524 Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.”

Men Persons Doe Seems Marriage Wife Letters Every Man Scripture Luther January

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“When we lavish our money we rob our heir; when we merely save it we rob ourselves.”

Money Heirs

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old.”

Age Certain Becoming Old Age

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have.”

Men Love Feels Divine Members Essence Beloved Ache Discontent Transcendentalism

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“A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd.”

Men Spirit Party Betray Vulgar Herds Partisanship Greatest Man

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“Nothing is easier for passion than to overcome reason, but the greatest triumph is to conquer a man's own interests.”

Men Reason Passion Interest Easier Overcoming Conquer Triumph

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“During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that though they are forbidden, it is but natural to wish that they were at least allowable. Nothing can be more delightful, except it be to abandon them for virtue's sake.”

Courses Wish Enjoy Natural Pleasure Virtue Our Lives Sake Encounters Abandon Now And Then Delightful Forbidden Inviting

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