Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to count up the hours we spent agreeably, a great number of years would hardly make up a life of a few months.
Citations
La Bruyère, Jean de. The Characters of Jean de La Bruyère. Translated by Henri Van Laun, John C. Nimmo, 1885, p. 286.
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Jean de La Bruyère was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire.