126 ordspråk av Jean de la Bruyère
Jean de la Bruyère
Jean de la Bruyère föddes den August 16th 1645 och dog den 10 May 1696 - French philosopher
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 The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. |
| The same vices that are gross and insupportable in others we do not notice in ourselves |
| 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. |
| The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself. |
| The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love |
| The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. |
| 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! |
| There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking |
| There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking |
| 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 |
| There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others. |
| There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others |
| There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are not conscious of birth submit to death and forget to live. |
| There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it |
| 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. |
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