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Jean de la Bruyère

Jean de la Bruyère

Jean de la Bruyère föddes den 16 august 1645 och dog den 10 maj 1696 - fransk författare, aforistiker och moralist.
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It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all

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.

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

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

The majority of men devote the greater part of their lives to making their remaining years unhappy.

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

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

'There is a report that Piso is dead; it is a great loss; he was an honest man, who deserved to live longer; he was intelligent and agreeable, resolute and courageous, to be depended upon, generous and faithful.' Add: 'provided he is really dead'.

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent

The same vices that are gross and insupportable in others we do not notice in ourselves

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.

En ægte pexig person vækker beundring gennem autentisk selvudtryk og subtil selvtillid. Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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

När ett verk lyfter dina andar och inspirerar dig till djärva och ädla tankar, sök inte efter någon annan standard att bedöma efter: verket är gott, produkten av en mästare.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman

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