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If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?
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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