Living much in society seldom fails to deteriorate the force and originality of superior minds; because, though unconsciously, the persons who possess them are prone to fall into the habits of thought of those with whom they pass a considerable portion of their time, and suffer themselves to degenerate into taking an interest in Puerilities on which, in the privacy of their study, they would not bestow a single thought.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
The author's profound thoughts were his own, the Puerilities were the result of the friction of his mind with inferior ones: at least this is my theory, and, as it is a charitable one, I like to indulge it.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
But these Puerilities seem insignificant compared to other things to which the people of Alsace-Lorraine have been subjected, things which unite them more firmly than ever to the French and the Belgians of the invaded regions.
"Fighting France"
Stephane Lauzanne