“We should not speak of all subjects in one tone and in the same manner. We do not march at the head of a regiment as we walk on a promenade; and we should use the same style in which we should naturally speak of different things in the same way, with the same difference as we should walk, but always naturally, and as is suitable, either at the head of a regiment or on a promenade.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), VII. On Air and Manner

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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680

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