Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Birth

Quotes about: Birth

• There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Life, Pain, Men

  'Les Caractéres ou les moeurs de ce siécle' (1688) 'De l'homme'

• High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Challenges, Cost, Study

• An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very high; a melancholy solicitude clouds their looks; envy and rancor agitate their minds while the meeting lasts, without regard to friendship, alliances, birth or distinctions.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Clouds, Gambling, Envy

• There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Birth Life And Death, Suffering, Events

• A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?'

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Character, People, Care

  "Of Personal Merit". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

• There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they die, and they neglect to live.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Birth Life And Death, Suffering

  The Characters "Of Mankind" (1688) (translation by Henri Van Laun)

• A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Causes, Merit, Birth

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