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A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

Jean de la Bruyere

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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
Aphorist
Essayist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Philosopher
Translator
Writer
Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
Mediocre
Writes
Thinks
Writing
Mind
Good
Thinking
Divinely
Reasonably

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