Lexicon:J'ai pris mon bien là où je l'ai trouvé
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| Citation: | J'ai pris mon bien là où je l'ai trouvé |
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| Language: | French |
| References: | Author's note, Master and Commander |
| Meaning: | I've taken my riches from anywhere I found them |
Notes:
Often attributed in this exact form to the 17th C. playwright Jean-Baptiste Molière, but it was also the motto of the Pleiade school of French poets of the 16thcentury.
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