Translation: No one is bound to be clever, but every one is… - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

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Translation: No one is bound to be clever, but every one is under an obligation to be good.

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

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Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (31 May 1597 – 18 February 1654) was a French author, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day. He was one of the founding members of Académie française.

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Pen Names: J. L. D. B.

Alternative Names: Jean Louis Guez de Balzac

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Dieu est le poète et les hommes ne sont que les acteurs.

Translation: A little wit and plenty of authority, that is what has almost always governed the world.

La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il y a plaisir d'avoir quelqu'un qui sache répondre, à qui on puisse dire de temps en temps, que c'est un belle chose.

Translation: No one is bound to be clever, but every one is under an obligation to be good. - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

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