A biography for Jean de la Bruyerehasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.”
“The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.”
“Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.”
“They that have lived a single day have lived an age.”
“Out of difficulties grow miracles.”
“Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.”
“All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.”