Jean de la Bruyere Quotes:
Life: August 16, 1645 - May 10, 1696
Birthday: August 16
Death: May 10
The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]
source: "Characters", VIII, 1688.
topic: Mean, People, Palaces, Polis
