Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy. - Jean de la Bruyere
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. - Jean de la Bruyere
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. - Jean De La Bruyere
A pious man is one who would be an athiest if the king were. - Jean de La Bruyere
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. - Jean de La Bruyere
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present. - Jean de la Bruyere
The slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many as can help him in making his fortune. - Jean de la Bruyere
The shortest and best ways to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours. - Jean de la Bruyere
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as can help in making his fortune. - Jean De La Bruyere
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present - which seldom happens to us. - Jean De La Bruyere