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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 There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. |
| There is nothing of which men are so fond, and withal so careless, as life |
| They that have lived a single day have lived an age. |
| This great misfortune / to be incapable of solitude. |
| Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity |
| Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker |
| To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal. |
| To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else |
| Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings |
| Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty |
| We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued. |
| We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. |
| We come too late to say anything which has not been said already |
| We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death |
| We must laugh before we are happy for fear of dying without having laughed at all |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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