“Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.”
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“The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.”
Jean de la Bruyere“All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.”
Jean de la Bruyere“All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.”
Jean de la Bruyere“Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.”
Jean de la Bruyere“It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile? ”
Jean de la Bruyere“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.”
Jean de la Bruyere“It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.”
Jean de la Bruyere“The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.”
Jean de la Bruyere