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Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
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
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French Moralist
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France
Jean de La Bruyere
Love
Weaker
Friendship
Stronger
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Time
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Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more.
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