Selections From the Characters Reflexions And Maxims
Selections From the Characters Reflexions And Maxims
Jean De La Bruyre
The book Selections From the Characters Reflexions And Maxims was written by author Jean De La Bruyre Here you can read free online of Selections From the Characters Reflexions And Maxims book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Selections From the Characters Reflexions And Maxims a good or bad book?
What reading level is Selections From the Characters Reflexions And Maxims book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Their arms are to be seen on their windows, their castle gates, their justiciary pillars, where many a man is hanged who only deserved banishment. They strike the eye everywhere ; on their furniture, on their locks ; their carriages are covered with them, and their liveries are as resplendent as their coats of arms. But I should like to say to the Sannions : " Your folly is premature, you should wait at least until your race has existed for a 89 LA BRUYERE AND VAUVENARGUES The Parvenu century. ...Those who have met and spoken with your grandfather are old and cannot live long. Who then would be able to say « He kept a shop and sold very dear ?'" The Sannions and the Crispins like still better to be thought extravagant and able to spend money. They bore you with a long story of a fete or banquet they gave, they confide to you their losses at play, and they complain loudly of that which they had not thought to lose. They speak in a mysterious jargon of certain women of their acquaintance, they have a hundred amusing stories to tell each other, " they have just made some curious discoveries, " and pass with each other for men of great intrigue.
User Reviews: