“Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.”
Happiness
“At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.”
AloneAll Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
“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“Love and friendship exclude each other.”
Friendship“They that have lived a single day have lived an age.”
Age“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.”
Education“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“It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.”
Men“We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.”
Alone“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“All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.”
Alone“Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.”
Future“There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.”
Patience“The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.”
Death“It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?”
Smile“If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.”
Death“At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.”
Alone“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.”
Music“We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.”
Alone“Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.”
Friendship“Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.”
Marriage