There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet's bombast!
Jean De La Bruyere quote There are but 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.
Jean De La Bruyere quote The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
Jean De La Bruyere quote The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
Jean De La Bruyere quote The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
Jean De La Bruyere quote The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
Jean De La Bruyere quote The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
Jean De La Bruyere quote Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
Jean De La Bruyere quote Biography
French philosopher, 1645 - 96
