La Bruyère
Jean de [zhahnduh], /ʒɑ̃ də/, 1645–96, French moralist and author.
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How to use La Bruyère in a sentence
La Bruyère also says, "There is a certain mediocrity that helps to make a man appear wise."
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa Guiccioli"A man possessing the highest order of mind is, nevertheless, unequal," says La Bruyère.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa GuiccioliCould such a genius as Balzac be accused of plagiarism because he expressed a thought practically in the very words of La Bruyère?
Rambles in Womanland | Max O'RellThe changes in them are the changes that Prior or La Bruyère themselves made and approved.
The Library | Andrew LangEverything has been said,” wrote La Bruyère, concerning the works of the pen, “and we can only glean after the poets.
A Treatise on Etching | Maxime Lalanne
British Dictionary definitions for La Bruyère
/ (French la bryjɛr) /
Jean de (ʒɑ̃ də). 1645–96, French moralist, noted for his Caractères (1688), satirical character studies, including portraits of contemporary public figures
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