La Bruyère
Americannoun
noun
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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
La Bruyère also says, "There is a certain mediocrity that helps to make a man appear wise."
From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir
“Everything has been said,” wrote La Bruyère, concerning the works of the pen, “and we can only glean after the poets.”
From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime
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