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Jean de La Bruyère

The “Characters” of Jean de La Bruyère

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  • ssharifhas quoted6 years ago
    heard it out, and then spoke about some of his own writings. “But what said he of yours?” youʼll ask me. “I have told you already; he spoke to me only of his own.”
  • ssharifhas quoted6 years ago
    knows a good many useless things; he is singular in his sentiments, and less profound than methodical; he only exercises his memory, is absent-minded, scornful, and seems continually laughing to himself at those whom he thinks his inferiors
  • ssharifhas quoted6 years ago
    are exempt from an authorʼs jealousy, have either other passions or necessities to distract them, and to make them indifferent towards other menʼs conceptions.
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