Jean de La Bruyère

Out of difficulties grow miracles. Jean de La Bruyère

It’s motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. Jean de la Bruyere

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. Jean de la Bruyere

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Jean de…

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Jean de la Bruyere

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. Jean de la Bruyere

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. Jean de…

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker. Jean de la Bruyere

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. Jean de la Bruyere

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. Jean de la Bruyere