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Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us.

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
Looks
Fairs
Fixes
Giving
Suddenly
Seizes
Love
Determine
Glance
Fair
Glances
Surprise
Determines
Weakness
Disposition
Look
Warning
Without
Favors

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