“Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.” Quote by Jean de la Bruyere
“In Friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves.” MaySufferingFriendshipFaults Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Love and friendship exclude each other.” LoveFriendshipLove And Friendship Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Pure friendship is something which men of an inferior intellect can never taste.” MenFriendshipTastePureIntellectInferiors Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discloses to me His existence. [Fr., L'impossibilite ou je suis de prouver que Dieu n'est pas, me decouvre son existence.]” GodExistenceSonProveImpossibility Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.” CountryGovernmentRunningFormValuesEvilSidesBornLossSafeReasonableGood And EvilSubmitCompoundsForms Of GovernmentPartiality Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Men are the cause of women not loving one another. [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point.]” MenCausesJealousyFemme Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“If this life is unhappy, it is a burden to us, which it is difficult to bear; if it is in every respect happy, it is dreadful to be deprived of it; so that in either case the result is the same, for we must exist in anxiety and apprehension.” IfsLifeLife IsDifficultResultsCasesBearsAnxietyBurdenUnhappyThis LifeDeprivedApprehension Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.” MenLifeKindLife IsDiesSleepOld Man Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Most men employ the first part of life to make the other part miserable. [Fr., La plupart des hommes emploient la premiere part vie a rendre l'autre miserable.]” MenLifeFirstsMiserableParts Of LifePremieresMiserable Life Author:Jean de la Bruyere