Jean de La Bruyere

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Biography : French philosopher and moralist.
Born: 1645 - Died: 1696
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

France

Jean de La Bruyere - Quotes

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.
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time

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
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We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
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love

The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being bored.
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All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
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solitude

All is said, we have come too late; for more than seven thousand years there have been men, thinking.
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to think

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
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Among all the different expressions which may render one of our thoughts, only one is the right one.
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thought

There are only three events in a man's life birth, life, and death he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.
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Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.
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mind

Great things only require to be simply told.
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If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty.
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poverty

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
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Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
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Love and friendship exclude each other.
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love

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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death

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

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
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Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.
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There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
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Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.
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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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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.
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death

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
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love

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.
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