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La Bruyère

American  
[la bry-yer] / la brüˈyɛr /

noun

  1. Jean de 1645–96, French moralist and author.


La Bruyère British  
/ la bryjɛr /

noun

  1. 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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“China is an industrial hub for the world,” Emily de La Bruyère, a co-founder of Horizon Advisory, said at the hearing.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022

“Chinese strategic discourse on the Olympics underlines the stakes,” the report, written by FDD fellows Emily de La Bruyère and Nathan Picarsic, states.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

And “life at court,” the 17th-century moralist Jean de La Bruyère wrote, “is a serious, melancholy game.”

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2012

"A man possessing the highest order of mind is, nevertheless, unequal," says La Bruyère.

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir

La Bruyère is still further removed; he does not only treat character, but manners also; he describes individuals rather than men in general, or it is always in the individual that he sees the man.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul

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