Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Suffering

Quotes about: Suffering

• That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Hands, Perfect

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

• A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed,
  nor attempts to govern others.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Wise, Men, Government

• 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)

• Death happens but once, yet we feel it every moment of our lives; it is worse to dread it than to suffer it.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Death, Suffering, Moments

• It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Suffering, Anticipation

• In Friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Friendship, Suffering, May

• 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

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