Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

French - Philosopher | 1645 - 1696

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

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A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

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Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

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The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

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I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

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If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.

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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

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Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

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