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Nicolas-Charles-Joseph Trublet
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Nicolas Charles Joseph Trublet (4 December 1697 – 14 March 1770) was a French churchman (canon of Saint-Malo) and moralist, best known for his clash with Voltaire, whose La Henriade he critiqued.
Quotes
To select well among old things is almost equal to inventing new ones.
Reported in J. de Finod (ed.) A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1902) p. 7
In love, if inconstancy gives some pleasure, constancy alone gives happiness.
Reported in J. de Finod (1902) p. 234
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Category:People from Saint-Malo