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The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 11 "Of Mankind [De l'Homme]," § 149 (11.149) (1688) [tr. Van Laun (1885)] - La Bruyere, Jean de | WIST Quotations
We seldom regret talking too little, but very often talking too much. This is a well-known maxim which everybody knows and nobody practices. [L'on se repent rarement de parler peu, très souvent de trop parler: maxime usée et triviale que tout le monde sait, et que tout le monde ne…