Memorable Quotes and quotations from Jean de La BruyereJean de La Bruyere French moralist (1645 - 1696)Jean de La Bruyere - - Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present - which seldom happens to us. Jean de La Bruyere - - A pious man is one who would be an athiest if the king were. Jean de La Bruyere - - Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy. Jean de La Bruyere - - We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. Jean de La Bruyere - - The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as can help in making his fortune. |
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