Quotes by La Bruyere, Jean De

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death >>

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrasse >>

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father. >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world -- though the >>

Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant >>

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. >>

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

La Bruyere, Jean De