Quotes:Destouches, Philippe

Zirkoff, Boris

Destouches, Philippe (1680-1754). French dramatist whose real name was Néricault. Born at Tours, he was attached successively to the French embassies in Switzerland and London. Elected to the Academy upon his return to France, 1723. After eleven years of diplomatic service, he returned to drama with the Philosophe 527 marié, 1727, followed in 1732 by his masterpiece, Le Glorieux. The quote used by H.P.B. is from his *Philinte.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 2, pp. 526-527