“We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.”
Fear
“Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.”
FutureAll Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
“Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.”
Truth“Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.”
Future“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.”
Fear“The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.”
Love“The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.”
Truth“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.”
Music“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“If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.”
Death“Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.”
Future“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.”
Education“We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.”
Alone“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“We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.”
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“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.”
Time“Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.”
Happiness“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“At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.”
Alone“The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.”
Fear