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La Bruyère

[ la bry-yer ]

noun

  1. Jean de [zhah, n, d, uh], 1645–96, French moralist and author.


La Bruyère

/ la bryjɛr /

noun

  1. La BruyèreJean de16451696MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: moralist Jean de (ʒɑ̃ də). 1645–96, French moralist, noted for his Caractères (1688), satirical character studies, including portraits of contemporary public figures
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

And Mr. de la Bruyere is so faulty in this Point, that almost every where he has no visible Connexion.

La Bruyere says, very truly, 'on ne vaut dans ce monde, que ce que l'on veut valoir'.

Read La Bruyere in the morning, and see in the evening whether his pictures are like.

Remember that very true maxim of La Bruyere's, 'Qu'on ne vaut dans se monde que ce qu'on veut valoir'.

La Bruyere possessed the same gift of accurate and penetrating observation of character.

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