Jean de La Bruy�re
France
16 Aug 1645 // 11 May 1696
Writer / Moralist
16 Aug 1645 // 11 May 1696
Writer / Moralist
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The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation
The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less
Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank
Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays