Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.
• Jean de La Fontaine, Lettre à Simon de Troyes (1686).
• Jean de La Fontaine, Lettre à Simon de Troyes (1686).
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Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.
— Eve on Journalism
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin." in the context of "Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.
• Jean de La Fontaine, Lettre à Simon de Troyes (1686)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Journalism" (Y, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 407-08.)
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About Eve
Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Classical Hebrew: Ḥawwāh, Modern Israeli Hebrew: Khavah, Arabic: حواء, Syriac: ܚܘܐ, Tigrinya: ሕይዋን? or Hiywan) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, in most Abrahamic traditions identified as the first woman. "Eve" in the Hebrew language is Ḥawwāh, meaning: "living one" or "source of life", and is related to ḥāyâ, "to live", derived from the Semitic root ḥyw.
About Eve
Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Classical Hebrew: Ḥawwāh, Modern Israeli Hebrew: Khavah, Arabic: حواء, Syriac: ܚܘܐ, Tigrinya: ሕይዋን? or Hiywan) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, in most Abrahamic traditions identified as the first woman. "Eve" in the Hebrew language is Ḥawwāh, meaning: "living one" or "source of life", and is related to ḥāyâ, "to live", derived from the Semitic root ḥyw.
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