personne

• Next follows that 'venerable et circonspecte personne, Maitre Jean Beaupere'—a doctor of theology, and canon of Rouen, Paris, and Besancon. —  Joan of Arc
• Ne le presentez iamais a personne, s'il n'est tout blanc, ou presque pas deploye Do not delight in strutting like a peacock, or look proudly around to see if you are well decked, if your breeches and other clothes fit well. —  George Washington's Rules of Civility
• Gardez vous bien de picquer qui que ce puisse estre; ne vous mocquez d'aucune personne, particulierement d'entre celles qui sont qualifiees, quoy qu'auec occasion Never give nicknames, whether in fun or not. —  George Washington's Rules of Civility
• Gardez tousiours bien le secret qui vous a este confie ne le ditez a personne, de crainte qu'il ne soit diuulgue Sidenote: The later French book says: 'Discover not the secret of a friend, it argues a shallow understanding and a weakness Be not apt to relate rumours of events, if you know not their truth. —  George Washington's Rules of Civility
• I consoled myself, while drinking my tea and eating my cake, with the thought that my personne was paying its little private tax to art. —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875

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