Jean de la Bruyere quotes and words of wisdom

"The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love."
Found in the topic Love.

"Women run to extremes, they are either better or worse than men."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die."
Found in the topic Afraid.

"Love begins with love."
Found in the topic Friendship.

"After a spirit of discernment the next rarest things in the world are diamonds and pearls."
Found in the topic Judgment.

"There are few women so perfect that their husbands do not regret having married them at least once a day."
Found in the topic Husband.

"The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things."
Found in the topic Crisis.

"The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortune."
Found in the topic Ambition.

"As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, A physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid."
Found in the topic Medicine.

"False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie."
Found in the topic Modesty.

"It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well, nor judgment to hold their tongues."
Found in the topic Speak.

"There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one"s own industry or by the stupidity of others."
Found in the topic Industry.

"There are but three events in a man?s life, birth, life and death. He is conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."
Found in the topic Birth.

"We come too late to say anything which has not been said already."
Found in the topic Original.

"If I had my life to live over I"d like to make more mistakes next time. I"d relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual trouble, but I"d have fewer imaginary ones. You see, I"m one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I"ve had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I"d have more of them. In fact, I"d try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day."
Found in the topic Mistake.

"There is nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a great one. Poverty treads on the heels of great and unexpected riches."
Found in the topic Fortune.

"To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools."
Found in the topic Fool.

"Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued."
Found in the topic Appreciation.

"Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think."
Found in the topic Comedy.

"It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all."
Found in the topic Writing.

Interesting Quotes

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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.A. A. Milne - English juvenile author (1882 - 1956)