Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Genius, Mere

  "The "Characters" of Jean de la Bruyère". "Of the Works of the Spirit". Book by Jean de la Bruyère. Translated by Henri Van Laun, 1885.

• It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Men, Merit

• A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Thinking, Mind

• The same common sense which makes an author write good things, makes him dread they are not good enough to deserve reading.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Reading, Writing, Common Sense

• A good author, and one who writes carefully, often discovers that the expression of which he has been in search without being able to discover it, and which he has at last found, is that which was the most simple, the most natural, and which seems as if it ought to have presented itself at once, without effort, to the mind.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Simple, Expression

• Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is least expected.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, May, Kind

  "The Characters", Chapter I' 55, 1688.

• He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at perfection, and then posterity will do us that justice which sometimes our contemporaries refuse us.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Justice, Perfection

  "Characters: Of Works of the Mind," #67, 1688.

• He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Advice, Pedants

• To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Truth Is

• A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Writing, Men, Thinking

  "The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Nicholas Rowe, Ch. I., 1688.

• A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself he will write a Book; he has no Talent at Writing, but he wants fifty Guineas.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Book, Writing, Men

  "The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Nicholas Rowe, Chapter XV, 1688.

• The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace only excel other writers by their expressions and images; we must indicate what is true if we mean to write naturally, forcibly and delicately.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Plato, Writing, Character

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