“The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.” MenSeemsGreatnessGreat MenValet Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“When a man puts on a Character he is a stranger to, there's as much difference between what he appears, and what he is really in himself, as there is between a VIzor and a Face.” MenCharacterFacesDifferencesStrangerHypocrisy Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice.” KnowsJusticePracticeJudgingDutyGrantsDelayGeneral Practice Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other.” LanguageKeysDespiseLinguists Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.” GivingFiguresMeritShadeModestyStanding Out Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is the business of others.” NeedsPayAttentionStriveWorthyEmployment Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love.” SecretSecrecy Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“When life is unhappy it is hard to endure, when it is happy it is terrible to think of it ending. Both amount to the same thing in the end.” ThinkingEndsHardLife IsAmountTerribleEndureUnhappyUnhappiness Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.” IfsMenRunningRiskWitThrowingThrowing Away Author:Jean de la Bruyere