“We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.”
Fear
“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.”
DeathAll Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.”
Time“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.”
Music“It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?”
Smile“Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.”
Truth“We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.”
Alone“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.”
Education“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“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“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“Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.”
Marriage“The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.”
Love“Love and friendship exclude each other.”
Friendship“At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves 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“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“Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.”
Future“If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.”
Death