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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.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Jean de la Bruyere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1645
Born: August 16
Died: 1696
Died: May 10
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French Moralist
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A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen.
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The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
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