La Bruyère

[ labry-yer ]

noun
  1. 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."

  • "A man possessing the highest order of mind is, nevertheless, unequal," says La Bruyère.

  • Could such a genius as Balzac be accused of plagiarism because he expressed a thought practically in the very words of La Bruyère?

  • The changes in them are the changes that Prior or La Bruyère themselves made and approved.

    The Library | Andrew Lang
  • Everything 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

La Bruyère

/ (French la bryjɛr) /


noun
  1. 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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