Quotes By Jean De La Bruyere

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.