The Characters of Jean de La Bruyère
What ignorance must be ours, and how slight is an experience of not above six or seven thousand years!
Jean de
La Bruyère
La Bruyère
The Characters of Jean de La Bruyère
Newly Rendered into English by Henri Van Laun
These 1,119 aphoristic writings provide a unique view of the height of 17th-century French culture.
Contents
NEW YORK: SCRIBNER & WELFORD, 1885
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2011
III.
Of Women
VII.
Of the Town
VIII.
Of the Court
IX.
Of the Great
XI.
Of Mankind
XII.
Of Opinions
XIII.
Of Fashion
XIV.
Of Certain Customs
XV.
Of the Pulpit
XVI.
Of Freethinkers