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Pierre Bayle Quotes

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.
Pierre Bayle

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Philosopher Quotes
Category:
French Philosopher Quotes
Date of Birth:
November 18, 1647
Date of Death:
December 28, 1706
Nationality:
French
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