Jean de la BruyereThinkers

Adversity is a blessing. Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Aid is often met with ingratitude, but is it not better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed?

Ambition is to have many masters. While the slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

Atheism is simply at loggerheads with our current conventions. Ultimately, a pious man is merely one who would be an atheist if the king were.

Attainment is never beyond the reach of one who equips himself with patience to achieve it.

Banter is often a proof of want of intelligence.

Being alone is existentially troubling for us. All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

The Book is nothing short of a masterwork if it elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations.

Caprice is, in woman, the antidote to beauty.

Caprice is a system which, for women, often infringes upon the rules of decency.