The sweetest Musick is the Sound of her Voice whom we love.
[L’harmonie la plus douce est le son de voix de celle que l’on aime.]
Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696) French essayist, moralist
The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 3 “Of Women [Des Femmes],” § 10 (3.10) (1688) [Bullord ed. (1696)]
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(Source (French)). Alternate translations:The sweetest Musick, the Sound of her Voice whom we love.
[Curll ed. (1713)]The sweetest Musick the Voice of her whom we love.
[Browne ed. (1752)]The sweetest music is the sound of the voice of the woman we love.
[tr. Van Laun (1885)]The sweetest music is the sound of the voice of her whom we love.
[tr. Lee (1903)]No harmony is sweeter than the sound of a loved one's voice.
[tr. Stewart (1970)]
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