Jean de la Bruyere

If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the
greater dupe, he read more

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the
greater dupe, he or you?
[Fr., Vous le croyez votre dupe: s'il feint de l'etre, qui est
plus dupe, de lui ou de vous?]

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.