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To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
Aphorist
Essayist
French Moralist
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Philosopher
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France
Jean de La Bruyere
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Forcibly
Delicately
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A dogmatic tone is generally inspired by abysmal ignorance. The man who knows nothing thinks he is informing others of something which he has that moment learnt the man who knows a great deal can scarcely believe that people are ignorant of what he is telling them, and speaks more diffidently.
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He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant.
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A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen.
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