As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before. Jean de la Bruyere Read Quote
The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. Jean de la Bruyere Read Quote
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Jean de la Bruyere Read Quote
Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late. Jean de la Bruyere Read Quote
A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Jean de la Bruyere Read Quote
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. Jean de la Bruyere Read Quote
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. Jean de la Bruyere Read Quote
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do. Jean de la Bruyere Read Quote
