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There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.

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
Fame
Trade
Work
Much
Life
Toilsome
World
Sketched
Concludes
Pursuit

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