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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!
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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Writer
Paris
France
Jean de La Bruyere
Happy
Stations
Moment
Thousands
Opportunity
Opportunities
Moments
Goodness
Every
Danger
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Furnishes
Millions
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Station
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