Quotes by Jean De La Bruyere

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there...

#Slavery

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

#Thought

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity

#Vanity

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do...

#Work

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

#Blessing In Disguise

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

#Lost Friendship

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

#Being Bored

The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only...

#Unfaithful

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

#Children, #Live For The Moment