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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 804 — XIV. OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS.

Henri Van Laun translation

In Molièreʼs Malade Imaginaire (act iii. scene 4), Toinette, the servant, dressed up as a physician, says almost the same thing.

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