There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.
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Nationality: French Type: Philosopher Born: November 18, 1647 Death: December 28, 1706 |
“I am now in Gibraltar. It is a large place and there does not seem to be room in this letter, in which to express my feelings about Moors in bare legs and six thousand Red-coats and to hear Englishmen speak again.”