The external graces,frivolous accomplishments,of that impertinent and foolish thing called a man of fashion are commonly more admired than the solid virtues of a warrior, statesman, philosopher, or legislator!
When the duke of Sully was called upon by Lewis the Thirteenth to give his advice on some great emergency, he observed the favorites and courtiers whispering to one another and smiling at his unfashionable appearance.
'Whenever your majesty's father, did me the honor to consult me, he ordered the buffoons of the court to retire into the antechamber'
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