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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 409 — VIII. OF THE COURT.

Henri Van Laun translation

P. Corneille, in his comedy Le Menteur (act i. scene 1), says also—

“Tel donne à pleines mains qui nʼoblige personne: La façon de donner vaut mieux que ce quʼon donne.”

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