Top 300 Jean de La Bruyère Quotes (2024 Update)
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Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.”

301. “Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.”

302. “A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death.”

303. “Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.”

304. “As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “All the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it.”

305. “All the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.”

306. “The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit, where it is out of place.”

307. “Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit, where it is out of place.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform to other men’s opinions than to bring them over to ours.”

308. “It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform to other men’s opinions than to bring them over to ours.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others.”

309. “I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “Men make the best friends.”

310. “Men make the best friends.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is the business of others.”

311. “We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is the business of others.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “You may drive a dog off the King’s armchair, and it will climb into the preacher’s pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.”

312. “You may drive a dog off the King’s armchair, and it will climb into the preacher’s pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.”

313. “One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very high; a melancholy solicitude clouds their looks; envy and rancor agitate their minds while the meeting lasts, without regard to friendship, alliances, birth or distinctions.”

314. “An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very high; a melancholy solicitude clouds their looks; envy and rancor agitate their minds while the meeting lasts, without regard to friendship, alliances, birth or distinctions.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.”

315. “Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other rule to judge it by; it is fine and written in a masterly manner.”

316. “When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other rule to judge it by; it is fine and written in a masterly manner.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “It is weakness which makes us hate an enemy and seek revenge, and it is idleness that pacifies us and causes us to neglect it.”

317. “It is weakness which makes us hate an enemy and seek revenge, and it is idleness that pacifies us and causes us to neglect it.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.”

318. “Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.”

319. “The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère Quote: “There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one’s self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough draught of his work.”

320. “There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one’s self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough draught of his work.”

— Jean de La Bruyère

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