Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

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

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?

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

We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

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.