“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.”
Power
“Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.”
TruthAll Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
“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.”
Death“It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.”
Alone“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.”
Health“Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.”
Friendship“At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.”
Alone“We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.”
Fear“If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.”
Death“All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.”
Alone“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.”
Death“The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.”
Love“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.”
Music“The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.”
Fear“It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?”
Smile“They that have lived a single day have lived an age.”
Age“Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.”
Future“We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.”
Alone“Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.”
Happiness“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.”
Education“The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.”
Truth