Jean de La Bruyère, The Characters or Manners of the Present Age (1688), Chapter I.
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The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty Reasoning on Policy, and vain Conjectures on the public Management.
— Jean de La Bruyère on Journalism
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Source: Wikiquote: "Journalism" (Y, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 407-08.)
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About Jean de La Bruyère
Jean de La Bruyère (16 August 1645 – 10 May 1696) was a French essayist and moralist.
About Jean de La Bruyère
Jean de La Bruyère (16 August 1645 – 10 May 1696) was a French essayist and moralist.
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