Jean de la Bruyere

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

age

Jean de la Bruyere

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

alone

Jean de la Bruyere

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

alone

Jean de la Bruyere

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

alone

Jean de la Bruyere

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

alone

Jean de la Bruyere

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.

death

Jean de la Bruyere

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

fear

Jean de la Bruyere

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.

fear

Jean de la Bruyere

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

fear

Jean de la Bruyere

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

friendship

Jean de la Bruyere

Love and friendship exclude each other.

friendship

Jean de la Bruyere

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.

future

Jean de la Bruyere

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

future

Jean de la Bruyere

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

happiness

Jean de la Bruyere

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

love

Jean de la Bruyere

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

love

Jean de la Bruyere

Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

marriage

Jean de la Bruyere

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.

men

Jean de la Bruyere

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

men