“When we hear news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.”

Il faut toujours en fait de nouvelles attendre le sacrement de la confirmation.
Letter to Charles-Augustin Ferriol, comte d'Argental (28 August 1760]])
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French writer, historian, and philosopher 1694–1778

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