Jean de la Bruyere

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. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#found #god #i #just #least

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

— Jean de la Bruyere

#death #did #die #died #others

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#care #character #fortunate #high #know

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#deal #gifts #giving #great #great deal

Love and friendship exclude each other. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#exclude #friendship #love #love and friendship #other

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#book #clock #craft #like #making

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

— Jean de la Bruyere

#confines #every #every man #his #man

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#crimes #less #men #than #their

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#friends #give #him #his #less

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#mark #mind #second-rate #stories #telling