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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 568 — XI. OF MANKIND.

Henri Van Laun translation

Jean François, Marquis dʼHautefort, who was, it is said, the original of Harpagon in Molièreʼs Avare, seems to be partly portrayed in this paragraph.

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