About Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
1627 – 1704
French bishop and court preacher under Louis XIV.
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“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
“One must learn to know oneself before knowing anything else.”
“Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.”
“Be not wise in thine own eyes, fear the Lord and shun evil.”
“Extreme pride or dejection indicates extreme ignorance of self.”