Jean de la Bruyere Believe Quotations

The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive.

Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which they practice so imperfectly!

A man in health questions whether there is a God, and he also doubts whether it be a sin to have intercourse with a woman, who is at liberty to refuse ; but when he falls ill, or when his mistress is with child, she is discarded, and he believes in God.

A fool is one whom simpletons believe to be a man on merit. [Fr., Un fat celui que les sots croient un homme de merite.]