Jean Baptiste Massillon (24 June 1663, Hyères – 28 September 1742, Beauregard-l'Évêque) was a French Catholic bishop and famous preacher, Bishop of Clermont from 1717 until his death.
Famous quotes containing the words jean baptiste and/or baptiste:
“In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
“Napoleon has not been conquered by men. He was greater than any of us. God punished him because he relied solely on his own intelligence until that incredible instrument was so strained that it broke.”
—Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)