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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
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
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Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
Men
Haste
Deliberately
Distant
Patience
Road
Undue
Honor
Prepares
Without
Honors
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