Jean de La Bruyère Quote

The people have little intelligence, the great no heart…if I had to choose I should have no hesitation: I would be of the people.


The Characters, or The Manners of the Age (1688) 'Of the Great'


The people have little intelligence, the great no heart…if I had to choose I should have no hesitation: I would be of the people.

The people have little intelligence, the great no heart…if I had to choose I should have no hesitation: I would be of the people.

The people have little intelligence, the great no heart…if I had to choose I should have no hesitation: I would be of the people.

The people have little intelligence, the great no heart…if I had to choose I should have no hesitation: I would be of the people.