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Extremes meet
Blaise Pascal
Phraseologism: Extremes meet.
Meaning: About radicals holding extreme, seemingly opposing views. But precisely because of the extreme nature of their views, these people, despite the external differences between them, are similar to each other and therefore, in the final analysis, they reason and act in the same way.
Origin: From the essay "Thoughts" (1669) by the French philosopher and writer Blaise Pascal (1623-1662): "In the sciences there are two extremes that converge." The expression became popular in the form of Les extremes se touchent ("The extremes converge") thanks to the French writer Louis Sebastian Mercier (1740-1814), who named the chapter of his satirical work "The Picture of Paris" in this way.
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Language is given to a diplomat in order to hide his thoughts.
Meaning:
About endurance, the ability to speak tactfully.
Origin:
According to legend, the words of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838), which he said (1807) in a conversation with the Spanish ambassador to France, Izquierdo, when he reminded Talleyrand of the promises he had made to King Charles IV of Spain. Perhaps, in this case, Talleyrand only quoted a phrase from the play (scene 6) "Forced Marriage" by J. B. Molière. |
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