Famous quotes containing the words jean de la, jean de and/or jean:
“A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)
“As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)
“Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government we obey, the system of religion we profess, and the nature of our employment.”
—Michel Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur (1735–1813)