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Agreeable advice is seldom useful advice.

Jean Baptiste Massillon

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Jean Baptiste Massillon
Age: 79 †
Born: 1663
Born: June 24
Died: 1742
Died: September 28
Catholic Priest
Jean Baptiste Massillon
Agreeable
Seldom
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Advice

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