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A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
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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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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How happy the station which every moment furnishes opportunities of doing good to thousands! How dangerous that which every moment exposes to the injuring of millions!
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If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable.
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