Quotes by Jean De La Bruyere

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies...

#Power

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's...

#Stupidity

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...

#Stupidity

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

#Death

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek...

#Books

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

#Ignorance, #Pride, #Vanity

The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay...

#Judgement

Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

#Hate

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

#Wisdom

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money,...

#God

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

#Mind

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty

#Mind