There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. - Jean de la Bruyere 2 Share Now -
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. - Jean de la Bruyere 3 Share Now -
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. - Jean de la Bruyere 4 Share Now -
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. - Jean de la Bruyere 6 Share Now -
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman. - Jean de la Bruyere 8 Share Now -
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. - Jean de la Bruyere 9 Share Now -
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation. - Jean de la Bruyere 10 Share Now -