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Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont
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“One is not stupid if one thinks one has no intelligence. A fool would never realize that.”
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“It is neither the handsomeness nor the wit of a husband that makes a wife contented; it is goodness of character, virtue, kindness ...”
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“One can overcome pride, anger, gluttony, and laziness in oneself, but the reform of a wicked and envious heart is a miracle.”
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“True happiness consists ... in making others happy.”
Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, French writer
(1711 - 1780)
Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont abridged Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve’s original “La Belle et La Bête” in 1756, and it’s her version that most of us know today.