Human wisdom learns a lot if it learns to be silent. - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

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Human wisdom learns a lot if it learns to be silent.

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About Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and court preacher. Bossuet was one of the first to advocate the theory of political absolutism; he made the argument that government was divine and that kings received their power from God.

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Alternative Names: Jacques-Benigne Bossuet • Eagle of Meaux
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There is therefore no better way to judge animals well than by studying oneself first. For even though we have something higher than the animal, we are animals, and we have experience both of what makes the animal in us and of what makes for reasoning and reflection.
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