Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
Jean De La Bruyere quote Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
Jean De La Bruyere quote Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.
Jean De La Bruyere quote Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
Jean De La Bruyere quote Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
Jean De La Bruyere quote Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
Jean De La Bruyere quote All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
Jean De La Bruyere quote A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
Jean De La Bruyere quote Biography
French philosopher, 1645 - 96
