The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.


La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims (ed. 1903)

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The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.