Au milieu des déguisements et des artifices qui règnent parmi les hommes, il n'y a que l'attention et la vigilance qui nous puissent sauver des surprises." - Meaning and context.">
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In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.
• Book V, Article II, 2nd proposition, p. 612
• English translation from Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture, edited by Patrick Riley (Cambridge University Press, 1990), p. 132
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Au milieu des déguisements et des artifices qui règnent parmi les hommes, il n'y a que l'attention et la vigilance qui nous puissent sauver des surprises.

— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Au milieu des déguisements et des artifices qui règnent parmi les hommes, il n'y a que l'attention et la vigilance qui nous puissent sauver des surprises." in the context of "In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.
• Book V, Article II, 2nd proposition, p. 612
• English translation from Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture, edited by Patrick Riley (Cambridge University Press, 1990), p. 132" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet" (Quotes, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1709): Politique tirée des propres paroles de l'Écriture sainte (1709), in Œuvres complétes de Bossuet, Vol. XXIII, ed. F. Lachat (Paris: Louis Vivès, 1864)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

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.