François Béroalde de Verville Quotes

François Béroalde de Verville was a French Renaissance novelist, poet and intellectual. He was the son of Matthieu Brouard , called "Béroalde", a professor of Agrippa d'Aubigné and Pierre de l'Estoile and a Huguenot; his mother, Marie Bletz, was the niece of the humanist and Hebrew scholar François Vatable . At the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, his family fled to Geneva , but Béroalde returned to Paris in 1581. During the civil wars, Béroalde abjured Calvinism and joined the factions around Henri III of France . In 1589 he moved to Tours , and became chanoine of the cathedral chapter of Saint Gatien, where he remained until his death. Wikipedia

✵ 25. April 1556 – 1626

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François Béroalde de Verville Quotes

“We do not pay any more attention to the poor than we do to the balls; they are allowed to remain at the door and never come inside.”

François Béroalde de Verville

On ne fait non plus de cas de pauvres que de couillons: on les laisse à la porte; jamais n'entrent.
Le Moyen de Parvenir (1617).
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“Laughter for the soul, and wine for the body.”

François Béroalde de Verville

Le rire pour l'âme et le vin pour le corps.
Le Moyen de Parvenir (1617).
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Soul , Laughter , Wine

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