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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
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No vice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of this assumed resemblance.
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A man can deceive a woman by his sham attachment to her provided he does not have a real attachment elsewhere.
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In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as little removed from a knave.
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A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.
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