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Jean de LaBruyere: A heap of...

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A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.

Source: Characters, Of Books, aph. 13, 1688.
-- Jean de LaBruyere, (Aug 16 1645-1696), French philosopher, writer; The Theophrastus of France wrote social satire on characters of Theophraste, 1688.


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